Political Affairs

On 16 January 2012, several insurgent groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organization...

Dec 7

Reader's Digest is an American general interest family magazine, published monthly (except for a short period between 2010 and 2012 when the American edition was published ten times per year). [2] Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters...

Dec 7

Séléka (also called the Séléka CPSK-CPJP-UFDR) is an alliance of militias [1] in the Central African Republic that overthrew the government on March 24, 2013. [2] [3] [4] Séléka leader Michel Djotodia has claimed himself President of the Central African...

Dec 7

Anti-balaka is the term used to refer to the Christian militias formed in the Central African Republic after the rise to power of Michel Djotodia. Anti-balaka means "anti-machete" or "anti-sword" in the local Sango and Mandja languages. [1] [2] Michel...

Dec 7

The Central African Republic (CAR; Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka ; French: République centrafricaine pronounced: [ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn] , or Centrafrique [sɑ̃tʀafʁik] ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in...

Dec 7