Tag: Central African Republic
Nigerian ambassador dies in auto crash
A former Nigerian envoy to the Central African Republic, Ambassador Yahaya Tabari is dead. Tabari died in an auto-crash on…
Pope arrives at mosque in Muslim neighbourhood of Bangui
Pope Francis arrived on Monday at a mosque in a flashpoint Muslim neighbourhood in the Central African Republic capital Bangui,…
‘Lay down your arms’, Pope urges CAR warring factions
Pope Francis on Sunday urged the warring factions in Central African Republic to lay down their weapons as he brought…
Muslims, Christians welcome pope to Central African Republic
Pope Francis arrived on Sunday in the Central African Republic, with Muslims as well as Catholic representatives welcoming him at…
NEMA to receive 10,000 more Nigerians from CAR, Cameroon
The Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Muhammad Sani-Sidi on Friday in Yola, said it would evacuate 10,000…
Three dead, scores injured in CAR clashes
No fewer than three people were killed in clashes between fighters in the Central African Republic , a UN official…
CAF pardons member-associations suspended over U-17, U-20 competitions
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has granted pardon to its member-associations it suspended in recent…
NEMA receives 197 Nigerian from Central African Republic
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the weekend received 197 Nigerians that were displaced by the crises in Central…
Gunmen kill 17 Muslims in C. Africa
Gunmen have killed 17 Muslims at a camp in the centre of the strife-torn Central African Republic in the latest…
13 burnt alive in C. Africa
At least 13 people were burnt alive in the Central African Republic at the weekend when they were rounded up…
Ban Ki Moon: UN Peacekeepers overwhelmed in CAR
(Reuters) – French and African soldiers serving in Central African Republic are “overwhelmed” by the “state of anarchy” in the…
Chad withdraws troops from Central Africa
N’DJAMENA(AFP) – Chad announced Thursday it was withdrawing from the African peacekeeping force in the violence-torn Central African Republic after…
AU brands CAR blood-thirsty militia terrorists
(Reuters) – The African Union has branded the militia targeting Muslims in Central African Republic as “terrorists” and said they…
Afrobasketball: ‘D’Tigers Now Unstoppable’
With Central African Republic, CAR, out of their way, assistant captain of Nigeria’s senior national male basketball team, D’ Tigers,…
Nigeria’s D’Tigers book Q/final date with Senegal
Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Tuesday,walloped Central African Republic to book a quarter-final place in the on-going 2013 Afrobasket Championship, in Abidjan,…