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[VOA]A 26-year-old French photojournalist has been killed while documenting the deadly conflict in the Central African Republic....

[RFI]A French journalist has been killed in the Central African Republic, a statement from the French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday. The body of 26-year-old Camille Lepage was found by French soldiers during a vehicle check in western CAR. Lepage worked as a photojournalist and correspondent for RFI and other media houses....

[UN News]The children of the Central African Republic are witnessing terrible violence in what has become a forgotten crisis, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official today said, urging the international community to 'stand up' and stop and help end the crisis as soon as possible....

[VOA]President Barack Obama has ordered sanctions against five top figures in the Central African Republic, including former president Francois Bozize and rebel leader Michel Djotodia....

[AI London]The Chadian government's decision to close the country's lengthy southern border will have a disastrous impact on men, women and children fleeing months of worsening ethnically-motivated violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), Amnesty International said today....

[Unicef]Bangui -More than half way through the 12-month school year, almost two thirds of schools in the Central African Republic remain closed, a recent survey by UNICEF and partners reveals....

[UN News]More than half way through the 12-month school year, almost two thirds of schools in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic (CAR) remain closed, according to a recent survey by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners....

[UNDP]Nations and multinational organizations today launched a new forum on the Central African Republic (CAR), aimed at helping the country recover from the current sectarian violence and resume its development efforts....

[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -President Omer Hassan al-Bashir expressed Sudan's readiness to support the national reconciliation and dialogue process that the transitional government plans to hold in the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR)....

[IRIN]Abdou Abdoullahi stands beside the drenched makeshift shelter he built with his family in Doyaba camp in southern Chad: a few flimsy cotton shawls stretched over thin branches twisted into a cone-shape. Ten metres away lies a fetid rubbish dump and seven latrines reeking of human excrement....

[EASS]Brussels -The European Commission is increasing by six million euros its life-saving assistance to help a hundred thousand Central African Republic refugees who have been forced to flee to Cameroon and Chad....

[WFP]Bangui -The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today airlifted 50,000 litres of jet fuel from Nairobi to Bangui to continue providing life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), gripped by a fuel shortage....

[HRW]On April 27, 2014, heavily armed African peacekeepers evacuated the last remaining 1,300 Muslims in the PK12 neighborhood of Bangui, in the strife-torn Central African Republic. Mobs immediately began looting and destroying the neighborhood's mosque, shops, and homes, perpetuating a now familiar trend....

[VOA]The Central African Republic is in the midst of a bloody sectarian conflict in a country where the majority Christians once lived peacefully side by side with the Muslim minority. In March of last year, the government was overthrown by a violent alliance of rebels called Seleka - mostly Muslim militants. They were ousted in turn this past January, triggering a murderous cycle of revenge and retribution...

[UN News]The top United Nations relief official today visited with mostly women and children fleeing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) by taking refuge in Chad, where they are receiving food, vaccines and other support from UN agencies and partners....

[MSF]Following the massacre in Boguila and abuses against civilians, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reduces medical activities in the Central African Republic (CAR) and related projects in neighbouring countries....

[WFP]Washington, DC -The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has received a $1 million contribution from long-time philanthropist Howard Buffett to help meet the most urgent hunger needs in the conflict-torn country Central African Republic (C.A.R.)....

[RFI]French troops killed several militiamen in a clash in the north of the Central African Republic, the French army announced on Tuesday. The French troops called in air support from Chad as about 40 armed fighters attacked them on a road in the Nanga-Boguila region....

[GroundUp]"The Central African Republic stands on the brink of genocide; some would say it has already commenced," said Archbishop Desmond Tutu in April....

[U.S. Congress]Testimony before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations by Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders (ret), CEO FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative...