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CAR – Key Dates in July

CAR – Key Dates in July 4th: In a major public statement, the country's Roman Catholic bishops add their voices to those decrying the government's failures. Ugandan troops kill at least 15 ex‐Séléka rebels in the village of Kono in the Nzako regio after mistaking them for fighters of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army ( LRA ), police say. No exact toll was given, but several Ugandans also died. 5th: Polish and Italian contingents arrive in Bangui, bringing the European force ( EUFOR/CAR ) up to its full complement of forces. Polish gendarmes will be integrated into an international police unit of the European force, while the Italian soldiers will prepare for deployment. 6th: Several people die in sectarian clashes between the rival groups in the central town of Dekoa. In the north, at least three people are killed by gunmen who rode into the village of Kouki on motorbikes and shot at residents, said a MISCA source. Some 34 Muslims are also injured, four of them critically, by a grenade attack on a mosque during Ramadan prayers in a village near the Chad border. 7th: The international Contact Group on CAR meets in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, to discuss a political and security plan. The UN decries the lack of an internationally‐driven plan to help pull the country out of its crisis. Interim Prime Minister, Andre Nzapayeke , calls for the lifting of the UN arms embargo. France 's defence minister Jean‐Yves Le Drian warns that violence is becoming “more serious” as he starts a visit, amid reports of more deadly clashes. Political efforts to end the bloody conflict have stalled and the deadlock has further inflamed tensions between Christians and Muslims. Eleven women are among the 26 killed in an attack on civilians sheltered at a church in the central region of Bambari, according to the local Red Cross. Some 35 people are also injured when gunmen torch tents and open fire on the shelter housing thousands of people at the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. 8th: Tension at the refugee camp site in Bambari is high after the church attack forcing Le Drian to cancel his scheduled trip there. 9th: President Catherine Samba Panza accuses militias of “barbaric and criminal” acts after the June 7th church killings. Three days of mourning are ordered and flags flown at half mast. Séléka military spokesman Ahmad Nejad said that they attacked the church because they believed that anti‐balaka members were among those sheltering. 10th: LRA rebels attack Kpangou, a village located 100km from Nzako in the southeast of the CAR and take several hostages. 11th: Amnesty International launches its report on the killings perpetrated in CAR since the beginning of the crisis and calls for the opening of a UN High Commission Office for Human Rights in the country. 12th: Former president Michel Djotodia , who led the rebel Séléka militia that swept him to power in 2013, iss renamed head of the movement. The former second‐ and third‐in‐command, Nourredine Adam and Mohammed Moussa Dhaffane , are also reappointed during the general assembly. Both Djotodia and Adam are subject to United States and United Nations sanctions. 14th: The European Union ( EU ) launches a fiduciary multi‐donor fund for the CAR in which France, Germany and The Netherlands were to participate. The fund, called Bekou (meaning ‘hope’ in the Sango language), has an initial amount of €64m. 22nd: The UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) issues a new appeal for aid for the more than 350,000 CAR refugees in neighbouring countries. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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4th: In a major public statement, the country's Roman Catholic bishops add their voices to those decrying the government's failures. Ugandan troops kill at least 15 ex‐Séléka rebels in the village of Kono in the Nzako regio after mistaking them for fighters of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army ( LRA ), police say. No exact toll was given, but several Ugandans also died. 5th: Polish and Italian contingents arrive in Bangui, bringing the European force ( EUFOR/CAR ) up to its full complement of forces. Polish gendarmes will be integrated into an international police unit of the European force, while the Italian soldiers will prepare for deployment. 6th: Several people die in sectarian clashes between the rival groups in the central town of Dekoa. In the north, at least three people are killed by gunmen who rode into the village of Kouki on motorbikes and shot at residents, said a MISCA source. Some 34 Muslims are also injured, four of them critically, by a grenade attack on a mosque during Ramadan prayers in a village near the Chad border. 7th: The international Contact Group on CAR meets in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, to discuss a political and security plan. The UN decries the lack of an internationally‐driven plan to help pull the country out of its crisis. Interim Prime Minister, Andre Nzapayeke , calls for the lifting of the UN arms embargo. France 's defence minister Jean‐Yves Le Drian warns that violence is becoming “more serious” as he starts a visit, amid reports of more deadly clashes. Political efforts to end the bloody conflict have stalled and the deadlock has further inflamed tensions between Christians and Muslims. Eleven women are among the 26 killed in an attack on civilians sheltered at a church in the central region of Bambari, according to the local Red Cross. Some 35 people are also injured when gunmen torch tents and open fire on the shelter housing thousands of people at the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. 8th: Tension at the refugee camp site in Bambari is high after the church attack forcing Le Drian to cancel his scheduled trip there. 9th: President Catherine Samba Panza accuses militias of “barbaric and criminal” acts after the June 7th church killings. Three days of mourning are ordered and flags flown at half mast. Séléka military spokesman Ahmad Nejad said that they attacked the church because they believed that anti‐balaka members were among those sheltering. 10th: LRA rebels attack Kpangou, a village located 100km from Nzako in the southeast of the CAR and take several hostages. 11th: Amnesty International launches its report on the killings perpetrated in CAR since the beginning of the crisis and calls for the opening of a UN High Commission Office for Human Rights in the country. 12th: Former president Michel Djotodia , who led the rebel Séléka militia that swept him to power in 2013, iss renamed head of the movement. The former second‐ and third‐in‐command, Nourredine Adam and Mohammed Moussa Dhaffane , are also reappointed during the general assembly. Both Djotodia and Adam are subject to United States and United Nations sanctions. 14th: The European Union ( EU ) launches a fiduciary multi‐donor fund for the CAR in which France, Germany and The Netherlands were to participate. The fund, called Bekou (meaning ‘hope’ in the Sango language), has an initial amount of €64m. 22nd: The UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) issues a new appeal for aid for the more than 350,000 CAR refugees in neighbouring countries.

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Published: Jan 1, 2014

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