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A river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the Mpoko River in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing at least 58 people.
2024-04-20

Voters in the Central African Republic are heading to the polls for the rescheduled parliamentary elections and the first round of the presidential election, where 30 candidates are running to replace Acting President Catherine Samba-Panza. The presidential runoff election is scheduled for 31 January 2016. The Central African Republic has been rocked by unrest since the March 2013 coup of president François Bozizé by Séléka, a mostly Muslim alliance of anti-government groups. Thousands have died and about one million people have been displaced in the ongoing sectarian violence between Séléka and the Christian anti-balaka militia. The United Nations peacekeeping mission has promised a heavy security presence today.
2015-12-30

All 500 of the prisoners escape from the Ngaraba jail in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.
2015-09-29

More than 5,000 people have died in the Central African Republic in the past 9 months.
2014-09-12

At least 11 people are killed in an attack on a church by the Séléka militia group in the city of Bangui in the Central African Republic.
2014-05-28

A mass grave of Christians is discovered in a neighborhood in Bangui, Central African Republic, formerly occupied by the Muslim Seleka rebels.
2014-02-15

The Red Cross claims that at least 300 people have died in two days of fighting in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.
2013-12-6

At least 60 people are killed in Central African Republic during clashes between pro-Séléka rebels and forces loyal to ousted President François Bozizé.
2013-09-9

South Africa announces it will send 400 more soldiers to the Central African Republic in an effort to assist the current regime, which faces a potential attack by the Seleka rebel coalition on the capital.
2013-01-6

A coalition of rebel groups called "Séléka" take over the Central African Republic mining town of Bria, killing at least 15 government soldiers. The group is spearheaded by UFDR forces and has already taken five towns in its two-week offensive, which it claims is because of a lack of progress after a peace deal ended the 2004–2007 Bush War. Following an appeal for help from President]] François Bozizé, the President of Chad Idriss Déby sends 20 vehicles of heavily armed troops to help quell the rebellion.
2012-12-18