CAR-defence

  • Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Clash Between CPC Rebels, CAR Soldiers Leaves Several Dead, Others Wounded In Bemal

    Several persons are reported to have been killed and many others wounded during three days of fighting between rebels of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) and soldiers of the Central African Republic national army assisted by their Rwandan and Russian allies inBemal towards the border with Chad. “There are several casualties, both dead […]

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    CAR Forces And Allied Forces Recapture 4 More Towns From Rebels

    Troops of the Central African Republic national army, FACA, supported by their Rwandan and Russian allies have captured four more towns from rebel forces. While continuing their sweep to regain the country that had been occupied by rebel groups over the last seven years, the troops recaptured Kembe, Dimbi, Poumbolo and Gambo towns in the […]

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    Russian Mercenaries Kill 2 Central African Republic Soldiers

    Russian mercenaries of the Wagner security group fighting alongside Central African Republic national army popularly (FACA), are reported to have accidentally killed two FACA soldiers on Sunday, March 28. According to local sources, the incident took place in Bamingui-Bangoran on the Ndele highway as the Russian mercenaries were returning from Mbres on board six vehicles. […]

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    Businesses, Administration Stagnant As CAR Forces Move On Bossangoa

    Administrative and business activities in Bossangoa have been paralysed, and panic-stricken citizens have been thrown into disarray as forces of the Central African Republic national army known as FACA, supported by Russian mercenaries, advance on the town. Violent clashes have been going on for several days now between the government forces and Russian mercenaries on […]

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    Many Feared Dead In Ongoing Clashes Between UN Forces And Rebels In CAR

    Several fighters have been reported dead in the ongoing clashes between soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and rebels of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC). According to local security sources, the MINUSCA soldiers involved in the fighting are of the Moroccan, Rwandan and Gabonese […]

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    Security Situation In CAR Remains Volatile After Elections

    Hopes that some relative peace would return to the war-torn Central African Republic after the legislative and presidential elections of December 27, 2020, have been dashed following continued attacks on various localities by rebel groups in the country. The latest attacks were on the towns of Bouar and Grimari where clashes continue as this report […]

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    117 Central African Republic Soldiers Flee To Cameroon

    One hundred and seventeen soldiers of the Central African Republic national army, popularly known by its French acronym FACA, have within the past week gone AWOL (absent without leave) and found their way to neighbouring Cameroon. According to a reliable UN High Commissioner for Refugees source, the 117 FACA soldiers are all reported to have […]

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    Heavy Fighting In CAR’s Bogangolo As Rebels Announce Ceasefire

    Heavy fighting is still going on between the Central African Republic national army (FACA) and rebels of the Central African Coalition of Patriots (CPC) even after the rebels announced a 72 hour unilateral ceasefire. The town of Bogangolo, situated 172 kilometres from the capital Bangui on the Bouca highway has for the past several hours been […]

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    MINUSCA Says Situation Under Control In CAR

    After three days of disquiet following attacks on various fronts by armed combatants suspected to be loyal to former Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) says the situation is now under control. The UN spokesperson in Bangui, Vladimir Monteiro, had earlier denounced […]

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    Violent Clashes As UN Forces, Central African Soldiers Attack Rebel Position

    Tension is high in Bossembele on the Bossangoa highway following violent clashes between forces of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the Central African soldiers on the one hand and combatants of a rebel movement loyal to former Central African Republic head of state Francois Bozize. According […]

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  • MINUSCA Intensifies Military Operations Against 3R Rebels In Central African Republic
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    MINUSCA Intensifies Military Operations Against 3R Rebels In Central African Republic

    The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic popularly known by its French acronym MINUSCA has announced that it is continuing its military operations against fighters of the Retour, Reclamation et Rehabilitation (Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation) 3R movement in the northwest of the country. According to MINUSCA spokesperson, Vladimir Monteiro, the […]

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