Latest Central African Republic News
Sexual assaults rise in Central African Republic. Wagner, bandits and even peacekeepers are blamed
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — It was too late for the mother to shield her children when the two masked and armed Russian fighters burst into her home, held her at gunpoint and took turns raping her. Her five children were forced to watch in the dark. Seated in a...
Former rebels in Central African Republic disarm but face few options. Wagner is one of them
BOUAR, Central African Republic (AP) — The bodies of children killed in the crossfire lay on the ground. It was too much for the rebel. After a year of fighting rivals across Central African Republic, the abuses were mounting and he wanted out. The 42-year-old took advantage of a...
Central African Republic says 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups there
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday. Marthe Kirima, the minister for family and gender, said in a statement that...
A rhino got pregnant from embryo transfer, in a success that may help nearly extinct subspecies
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Researchers say a rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that they say might later make it possible to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies. The experiment was conducted with the less...
