Central Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in Central Africa, a subregion of the African continent comprising.
WHO begins Ebola vaccinations in DRC as outbreak spreads
The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of infected individuals in response to a...
Read moreDetailsSouth Sudan’s opposition says government trying to enforce “one-tribe rule”
South Sudan's opposition has accused the government of trying to enforce "authoritarian control and one-tribe rule" after First Vice President...
Read moreDetailsFrançois (Ngarta) Tombalbaye (1918-1975): First President of Chad
François Tombalbaye, who later changed his name to Ngarta Tombalbaye, represents a pivotal and complex figure in Chad's modern history....
Read moreDetailsHow India-Africa Partnerships Are Transforming Global Trade
Following the huge financial resources at the disposal of China, which it spends on costly projects in Africa, it maintains...
Read moreDetailsDavid Dacko (1930-2003): The first President of the Central African Republic
David Dacko was born on March 24, 1930, in the village of Botchanga, located in the Ubangi-Shari Prefecture, then part...
Read moreDetailsISIS-linked rebels kill over 50 at east Congo funeral
Allied Democratic Forces rebels with machetes and guns killed more than 50 civilians at a funeral in east Congo, the...
Read moreDetailsBurundi’s Ézéchiel Nibigira appointed president of Economic Community of Central African States
The Economic Community of Central African States has a new president: Ézéchiel Nibigira, Burundi's former foreign minister. He was appointed...
Read moreDetailsM23 rebels recapture town in eastern DRC as peace talks stall
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 rebel group has recaptured the town of Shoa in North Kivu province,...
Read moreDetailsDR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak three years after last
Democratic Republic of Congo declared a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday, three years after its last...
Read moreDetailsSouth Sudan returns deportee from the US to Mexico
South Sudan on Saturday repatriated a Mexican national who had been deported to Juba by the United States in July,...
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