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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

Pro-François Bozizé forces attack the Central African Republic capital of Bangui, with fighting reported on multiple fronts, according to Prime Minister Firmin Ngrébada. A Reuters witness reports explosions and helicopters circling over the city. The attack is successfully repelled by the Central African Armed Forces.
2021-01-13

Rwanda deploys what it calls a "protection force" to the Central African Republic after its peacekeepers were attacked by advancing rebel forces on the capital Bangui. The Rwandan and Central African Republic governments accuse former President François Bozizé of backing the rebels and plotting a coup, which he denies. Russia also sends troops and heavy weaponry to support the government.
2020-12-21

A grenade attack at a peace concert in Bangui, Central African Republic, kills seven and injures 20.
2017-11-12

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

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

Clashes between local militias and former Séléka rebels leave an estimated 60 people dead in Central African Republic.
2013-10-9

Rebels in the Central African Republic reportedly take the presidential palace in Bangui, as President François Bozizé flees to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
2013-03-24