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 […]
Children hurt as another displaced persons camp attacked in CAR
World Watch Monitor A church-run camp for displaced people in south-eastern Central African Republic was attacked on Tuesday, less than three weeks after 60 people, including two priests, were killed in an attack on another camp. Tuesday’s attack took place in the town of Ippy, which is 200 kilometres north of the camp in Alindao targeted […]
More than 40 killed in attack on Catholic mission in CAR, say reports
More than 40 people were killed in a militia attack on a Catholic mission in the Central African Republic last week, it has emerged. The cathedral and surrounding buildings – which had been providing shelter for some 20,000 internally displaced people – as well as the bishop’s residence in the town of Alindao, about 300 […]
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. […]
ESSAY: WHAT CHURCHES CAN DO TO HELP VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT TO STAY ‘PART OF US’
In an article first published on World Watch Monitor to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, ELIZABETH LANE MILLER, of Open Doors International, looks at the role churches can play in helping survivors of sexual violence in conflict…
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 […]
AFRICA: CAR CARDINAL CALLS FOR AN END TO RETALIATORY VIOLENCE AFTER SHOOT-OUT AT MASS
ILLIA DJADI, of World Watch Monitor, reports on how Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, the Archbishop of Bangui, is leading calls for people in the Central African “to come out of this vicious circle of retaliation, revenge and hatred”…