Religious leaders hope CAR peace deal will end church, mosque attacks
Nairobi, KenyaRNS The government of the Central African Republic and 14 rebel groups signed a peace agreement on Wednesday, raising hope for an end to one of Africa’s bloody and complex conflicts. Religious leaders hope the latest peace deal will bring an end to attacks on churches and mosques. In this 9th December, 2013, file photo, […]
Calls for inquiry into UN peacekeepers’ role in massacres in Central African Republic
World Watch Monitor United Nations peacekeepers failed in protecting civilians in the Central African Republic during an attack in November that killed as many as 100 people, among them two priests, according to a report by Amnesty International published 14th December. Multiple eyewitnesses told Amnesty that UN peacekeepers did not stop armed men believed to be members of a […]
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: AS SUDAN HOSTS PEACE TALKS, RUSSIA OFFERS TO GET MORE INVOLVED
The World Watch Monitor reports…
POSTCARDS: IN CENTRAL AFRICA, A CATHEDRAL SHELTERS MUSLIMS AMID SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
DOREEN AJIAMBO, writing for Religion News Service, reports from the Central African Republic…
Central African Republic in mourning again as another priest killed
World Watch Monitor The Catholic Church in the Central African Republic is again in shock after the killing of the vicar general of Bambari, in the centre of the country, on Friday night. Father Firmin Gbagoua, 52, was fatally wounded, when unidentified gunmen stormed the presbytery of St Joseph’s Cathedral of Bambari at around 7pm. […]
CAR’s clerics warn against attempts to divide Christians and Muslims
World Watch Monitor The three top faith leaders of the Central African Republic, who have won international recognition for their efforts to end conflict in the country, have blamed foreign mercenaries for a recent upsurge in violence. One month ago today, the relative calm enjoyed by the capital, Bangui, was shattered when armed men from […]
Dozens killed in Central African Republic attack, including priest who planned to move
World Watch Monitor Dozens, including a Catholic priest, were killed last week as fighting erupted between armed groups in several villages in southern Central African Republic. Father Joseph Désiré Angbabata, 49, the parish priest of Séko village, near Bambari, lost his life when armed men stormed his village parish of Saint Charles LWANGA on 21st […]
AFRICA: FOUR YEARS AFTER ATTACKS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, FOR TWO PASTORS, THE SCARS ARE STILL FRESH
ILLIA DJADI reports for World Watch Monitor on how the lives of two pastors in the Central African Republic were dramatically changed when they were driven from their homes on 5th December, 2013…
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: WHERE GOVERNMENT WRIT ONLY RUNS IN THE CAPITAL
In an article first published by World Watch Monitor, ILLIA DJADI writes a first person account of his recent visit to the Central African Republic where he says there is once again a “sense of emergency” amid a deteriorating security situation…
Update: CAR’s peace-making leader mourns loss of loved ones as 3,000 shelter inside church
World Watch Monitor As more details emerge, it has been confirmed that it was Rev Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou’s youngest brother and nephew, not his son and grandson, who were killed in the latest eruption of violence in the Central African Republic. A local church leader told World Watch Monitor they may have been targeted because of […]