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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06BANGUI157 |
CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individual nominated for IMET English Language Course (WCN 1210@, MASL B177009, 11/1/2006) and Infantry basic officer training (WCN 1210A, MASL B [...] |
2006-10-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CD |
| 07BANGUI112 |
CAR PRESS CLIPPINGS MAY 28-JUNE 1 [...] (U) Arrival of Sudanese Refugees in northern CAR: The news was first announced early in the week by the spokesman for the President, Mr. Cyriaque Gonda, who gave the figure of more than 1,000 persons, some of them armed, who arrived in the city of Sam Ouandja, in the northeastern Vakaga prefec [...] |
2007-06-01 17:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PGOV EAID EFIN CT |
| 08BANGUI102 |
RIVER TRANSPORT IN CAR [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite its abundant water resources, the CAR has a very limited river transport network. The goods transport on the Oubangui River, very profitable until the 1980s, became marginal as result of the poor maintenance of the waterways. Fuel continues to be the major import [...] |
2008-06-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAGR ECON CT CG CF |
| 08BANGUI104 |
CAR: THE DECLINE OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY [...] Cotton and coffee are the most important cash crops of the Central African Republic. These products were promoted in the 1930s by the French colonial administration. Successive parastatal companies were established for cotton production and marketing over the time since the fifties. In 1990, th [...] |
2008-06-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON CT |
| 08BANGUI141 |
BOZIZE CALLS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO [...] By decree signed on July 24, 2008, President Francois Bozize called an extraordinary session of the National Assembly scheduled to start on August 1, 2008. On the agenda: Adoption of an amnesty law Review of the 2008 financial law Adoption of a new forestry code Adoption of a law organizing [...] |
2008-07-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON CT |
| 08BANGUI211 |
PRESIDENT BOZIZE'S CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Post reports below the letter of congratulations addressed to President-elect Barack Obama from Central African President Francois Bozize and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya. The letter was first disclosed on public radio stations, and subsequently delivered to the Embass [...] |
2008-11-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP CT |
| 08BANGUI234 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - DECEMBER 8 PRESS COMMENTS, [...] (U) Most CAR private and official media focused on the political dialogue which began with an opening ceremony this Monday, December 08: 2. (U) The private newspaper `Hirondelle' reports that MLCJ rebel leader Abakar Sabone and former CAR President Ange Filix Patassi have arrived in Bangui [...] |
2008-12-08 21:37:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI236 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - OPENING DAY OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic's 'Inclusive Political Dialogue' began under the gavel of President Francois Bozize and in the presence of Gabonese President Bongo, UN Special Representative Francois Fall, and former Burundian President and chosen Dialogue Mediator Pierre Buyoya. T [...] |
2008-12-09 23:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI237 |
DISSIDENT GROUP FIGHTING NEAR BRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fighting between CAR Government forces and unidentified rebel forces has broken out approximately 50km northwest of the town of Bria, in central CAR. Fatalities and casualties on the government side range from 4-8 deaths and several more wounded, with reports of some number of re [...] |
2008-12-10 21:45:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI240 |
DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN BANK EDBI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook informed CAR Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya of reftel demarche and the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran under E.O. 13382 in a meeting on December 17. The MFA did not provide a substantive response, but promised to study the demarche. [...] |
2008-12-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CT |
| 08BANGUI241 |
UN FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA promised to study the demarche, and engage with the PermRep in [...] |
2008-12-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MNUC PARM CT |
| 08BANGUI242 |
OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA noted that he had worked on Israeli and Palestinian issues for [...] |
2008-12-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY CT |
| 08BANGUI243 |
LACEY ACT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a meeting on December 17. The MFA promised to study the demarche, and respond if he or his colleagues had questions. COOK ## [...] |
2008-12-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO |
| 08BANGUI244 |
UPDATE ON END USE, SECURITY ASSURANCES AGREEMENT WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Defense Minister (and President Bozize's son) Jean-Francis Bozize, in a meeting on December 12. The Ambassador explained the importance of the reftel agreement in unlocking U.S. peace-keeping operations funding for security sector reform [...] |
2008-12-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV CT |
| 08BANGUI247 |
FURTHER DEMARCHE TO GOCAR ON TIP PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche in person to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a meeting on December 17. The Ambassador explained the importance of increasing efforts to combat TIP, and said that U.S. law required host government engagement on the issue if the country was to remai [...] |
2008-12-18 16:36:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KTIP CT |
| 08BANGUI250 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - FIRST COMMISSION RESULTS BOLD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 16, the Political Issues and Governance Commission of the CAR's National Dialogue presented a series of recommendations to Dialogue Chair and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. The resolutions included the creation of an ad hoc committee of Central Af [...] |
2008-12-19 18:18:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 08BANGUI251 |
CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - POSITIVE FINALE, BUT WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) The CAR's National Dialogue ended in a seven-hour closing ceremony on Saturday, December 20, that brought speeches by President Bozize, former President Ange Felix Patasse, and Dialogue mediator and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. Finishing on a positive note as well as on schedul [...] |
2008-12-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI103 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - BANGUI [...] (U) This is Embassy Bangui's response to State 074840, regarding general conditions fraud, and consular fraud issues in the Central African Republic. Country Conditions 2. (U) The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country of 4.5 million people, ranked among the least developed c [...] |
2009-05-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CT |
| 09BANGUI104 |
2009 CAR BUDGET ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly of the Central African Republic adopted the 2009 national budget on February 2, 2009 during a special session. A final copy of the budget is now available to the public. The 2009 budget increased by 14.2 percent compared to 2008. The CARG resources are estim [...] |
2009-05-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID |
| 09BANGUI110 |
CAR STATES IT WILL VOTE 'YES' FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (U) On May 29, 2009, Poloff delivered reftel demarche seeking the Central African Republic's (CAR) support for Kosovo's World Bank application to CAR Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA) Ambrosine Kpongo, thanking her for the CAR's support of Kosovo's IMF application in the process. DMFA [...] |
2009-05-30 11:00:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CT |
| 09BANGUI114 |
RECENT VIOLENCE AGGRAVATES SIMMERING TENSIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Increased instability and violence in the northeast of the Central African Republic (CAR) is not waiting on the rains. As the summer downpours will make the unpaved roads of the Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, and the Haute Kotto prefectures impassable between July and November, Post [...] |
2009-06-08 17:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI115 |
CARG TO VOTE YES FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On the 4th of June, 2009, POLOFF delivered the referenced demarche concerning Lucretia Myers' candidacy for the UN International Civil Service Commission to Central African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA), Ambrosine Kpongo. During the meeting, the DMFA said that the Ministry would [...] |
2009-06-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CT |
| 09BANGUI118 |
THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...] |
2009-06-16 19:40:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI120 |
FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI123 |
EMBASSY BANGUI'S REACTION TO THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has reviewed the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report (APR) of the Central African Republic and takes exception to much of the document. Post has seen little real progress or commitment on the part of Central African Republic's governmen [...] |
2009-06-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Bangui | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT |
| 09BANGUI124 |
REBELS OF OPPORTUNITY: DDR UNLIKELY TO SOLVE THE ILLS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, 2009, the Central African Republic's (CAR) newest rebel leader gave an interview to a local newspaper, declaring his intention to adhere to the Demobilization (DDR) process. The former spokesman of Abakar Sabone's Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (M [...] |
2009-06-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI14 |
TWO EVENINGS OF MUSIC IN BANGUI [...] (U) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui recently hosted two piano concerts at the Chief of Mission's Residence; one for the Central African Government and international/diplomatic community and one for the small U.S. citizen community in the CAR. Both events were well and enthusiastically attended and h [...] |
2009-01-30 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC ODIP PREL CT |
| 09BANGUI152 |
PESSIMISM STILL THE ORDER OF THE DAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2009, Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) was attacked for the second time in a month as Kara tribe gunmen and the Goula tribe and Central African Military (FACA) defenders of the town battled for supremacy. This follows a similar attack on Birao on June 6 (BANGUI 1 [...] |
2009-07-07 17:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI155 |
NDELE REMAINS THE LOCUS OF THE THREATS TO THE CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ndele, Central African Republic (CAR) remains the locus of a serious threat to Central African political stability. While the Northeast and west maintain their violent potential, the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP)goes into the rainy season increasingly politica [...] |
2009-07-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI157 |
CATCH 22 ON DISARMAMENT - WHY DDR IS NOT LIKELY TO WORK IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The international community and the government of the Central African Republic (CARG) have attached much importance to Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) as the solution to the Central African Republic's (CAR) long running conflict. This would appear logical - d [...] |
2009-07-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI166 |
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEB CHAT WITH DAN WITHMAN [...] (U) Post invited six journalists and editors from local newspapers to participate in the web chat dialogue with Dan Whitman on ``Corruption in Africa'' at its Cultural Center Auditorium. Ambassador Cook later joined the group for a one-hour discussion on the detrimental impact of corruption on [...] |
2009-07-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL CT |
| 09BANGUI168 |
FY-10 AFRICA REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Bangui is pleased to nominate a sole woman manager of the private radio station NDEKE LUKA, Ms. Sylvie Benguere Panika as candidate for subject program. Her biodata is as follows: 2. (U) Name: BENGUERE PANIKA, Sylvie Jacqueline 3. (U) Sex: Female 4. (U) DOB: Decemb [...] |
2009-07-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL CT |
| 09BANGUI17 |
CAR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP AND SEA IN MINURCAT [...] (U) UN efforts regarding sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) in MINURCAT in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been limited but effective. MINURCAT currently operates with only several staff persons in an office in Bangui. It has worked to prevent and respo [...] |
2009-01-30 19:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO LE MO PREL SU WI UN |
| 09BANGUI171 |
CARG CONTINUES TO IMPEDE THE TRAVEL OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Management Officer and Locally Engaged Staff were stopped for two hours by Central African gendarmes outside Grimari, Central African Republic. They were on their way to the town of Alindao to deliver tools to a Self-Help Project. This is the fifth ti [...] |
2009-07-31 09:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI175 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAR ACSS PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for an ACSS seminar in Lusaka, Zambia (August 2009): - Dr. Gbangai, Eudes, from the CAR army. DOB: 08/19/19 [...] |
2009-08-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CT |
| 09BANGUI181 |
CONTROVERSIAL ELECTORAL CODE SIGNED INTO LAW, FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 3, 2009, the controversial and much delayed Central African electoral code was signed into law by President Francois Bozize. Written as a consensus document after the Inclusive Political Dialogue (DPI) of December 2008, the law has since been reviewed by the Government, [...] |
2009-08-11 16:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI183 |
CARG HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION PARTY INCREASING BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 17, 2009, the Ambassador received an email from Martin Ziguele, former Prime Minister and 2010 presidential candidate (Ref A), outlining a meeting in which Ziguele alleges that the Prime Minister and two other prominent member's of President Bozize's cabinet accused him [...] |
2009-08-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI185 |
CONFLICT RESOLUTION IV GARNERS MAJOR COVERAGE IN CAR [...] On August 5, IVP returnee Mrs. Catherine Samba-Panza, Senior Advisor to the National Council of Mediation in the Central African Republic (CAR) briefed the Ambassador on her participation on the IVP `Conflict Resolution.' A week later, she addressed a target audience of approximately fift [...] |
2009-08-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL CT KWMN |
| 09BANGUI186 |
AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...] |
2009-08-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG |
| 09BANGUI190 |
WFP FEARS FAMINE IN NORTHEAST CAR, PROBLEM MAY BE MORE WIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI191 |
BANGUI RESPONSE TO STATE 087508 - STATE OF CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fundamentally, the solution to the LRA incursion into the Central African Republic (CAR) does not lie on the Central African side. The humanitarian community, already overstretched by the enormous demands in the rest of the CAR is trying to respond to the relatively small (but gr [...] |
2009-08-28 20:07:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MOPS CG UG SU CT |
| 09BANGUI195 |
ETHNIC VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY LIKELY IN NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of our best sources of information on events in the provinces of Bamingui-Bangoran and Vakaga has been a Burkina Faso-born U.S. citizen who has been the director of a medical NGO in the CAR. His organization has clinics spread across the area and his reporting and observation [...] |
2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 09BANGUI196 |
CAR: STARVING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite massive natural wealth that should provide a comfortable standard of living for its 4.3 million inhabitants, the CAR continues to struggle with extreme poverty, malnutrition, rampant banditry and several festering insurgencies. Our key goals of promoting a stable and pr [...] |
2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI204 |
CAR: DEMARCHE ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EFIN AID CT |
| 09BANGUI205 |
CAR: DEMARCHE ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR MNUC KNNP IR CT |
| 09BANGUI207 |
MALNUTRITION IN WESTERN CAR ALARMING, BUT NOT A CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diamond-rich southwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) is currently suffering from a wave of malnutrition brought on by a lack of nutritional education, the aftereffects of regional insecurity, the global drop in the price of diamonds, and most fundamentally, the gover [...] |
2009-09-30 17:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI209 |
CAR: LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISCUSSES VISION; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, 2009, the Charge (CDA) met with Martin Ziguele - former Central African (CAR) Prime Minister and 2005 Presidential candidate - who is President Bozize's principle challenger for the anticipated elections of 2010. Engaging, erudite and shrewd, Ziguele covered a range [...] |
2009-10-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI21 |
NEW REPORTS OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NORTH-CENTRAL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the last two months, Post has been following the movements of a group of armed men who attacked various villages in the north-central provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR). These attacks were initially dismissed by commentators in Bangui as being merely unimportan [...] |
2009-02-10 19:46:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI212 |
MINURCAT PERFORMING WELL, BUT VIOLENCE IN NE CAR NEEDS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8th, 2009, the United Nations Mission in Chad and the CAR (MINURCAT) hosted an Ambassadorial level (attended by POLOFF) trip to Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) as an informational session ahead of the October 21 Security Council meeting on the Mission's role. Th [...] |
2009-10-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI219 |
UNDP AND REBELS FRUSTRATED WITH CARG FOOT-DRAGGING ON DDR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaign in the Central African Republic (CAR), launched in August 2009 with much fanfare, has slowed considerably in pace causing frustration in increasingly impatient rebels. The government's (CARG) lack of will, and spe [...] |
2009-10-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI22 |
LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...] |
2009-02-14 03:54:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI235 |
CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USD 2.75 million USAID funded roads rehabilitation project set to launch on October 26, 2009 was delayed by President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Bozize due to a perceived lack of government participation in the project. Despite fully informing the governm [...] |
2009-10-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI237 |
GROWING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE CAR EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A growing Sino-Central African (CAR) relationship is becoming increasingly evident in the CAR. President Bozize recently concluded his second state visit to China and sent another trade delegation back to Beijing shortly thereafter. Last week, the Chinese Ambassador laid the cor [...] |
2009-11-04 16:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI243 |
CARG CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (SBU) On Friday, November 06, 2009, Ambassador spoke by telephone with Deputy Minister of Defense, Francis Bozize. The minister confirmed that Ugandan forces are in the national territory of the Central African Republic (CAR) to fight the LRA at the invitation of the CAR Government. An agreemen [...] |
2009-11-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CT UG |
| 09BANGUI246 |
SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT PLANS WITH THE CENTRAL AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has been in close and productive contact with US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Strategy, Plans and Programs Engagement Division over the course of 2009 in an effort to formulate an engagement plan for the Central African Military (FACA). After a visit by AFRICOM's des [...] |
2009-11-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI247 |
RESPONSE TO STATE 114736 - WFP NEEDS FOR SOUTHEAST CAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request (See paragraph 4). 2. (U) The World Food Program (WFP) in the Central African Republic (CAR) needs additional funding to provide food and other assorted commodities for 20,000 unexpected internally displaced people (IDP) and refugees stemming from [...] |
2009-11-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 09BANGUI250 |
FORMER PRESIDENT RETURNS TO THE CAR SPARKING WIDE MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, 2009, former Central African (CAR) President Ange Felix Patasse returned to the country after an eight year exile in Togo. It is still unclear how his return affects the elections of 2010, for which he has affirmed he will run (Ref A), but it has clearly shaken his [...] |
2009-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI251 |
INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN PLACE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the Central African (CAR) elections of 2010 was sworn into existence on October 8, 2009 and its president, Pastor Joseph Binguimale, voted into position shortly thereafter. To date, the IEC has been largely quiet, and the general con [...] |
2009-11-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI256 |
FORMER PRESIDENT PATASSE CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Ange-Felix Patasse called on the Ambassador on Monday, November 16, 2009. In the course of an hour and half long visit Patasse affirmed his friendship with the United States, blamed the French for his downfall, and stressed h [...] |
2009-11-23 16:51:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI257 |
ZIGUELE CLAIMS THAT CARG IS UNDERMINING ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, Ambassador and DCM met with Martin Ziguele, leading opposition figure in the Central African Republic, to discuss the return of former president Ange-Felix Patasse and the upcoming elections. Ziguele, formerly Patasse's Prime Minister and current rival in the el [...] |
2009-11-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI262 |
CAR PM PLEDGES TO HELP US IMPLEMENT PROJECTS; FRUSTRATED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with Prime Minister Touadera on December 2 to discuss a number of issues; including the CARG approval of the road rehabilitation project, the still-pending MOU for the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) project, the Trafficking in Pe [...] |
2009-12-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI272 |
MINURCAT SRSG SPELLS OUT CONTINUED SECURITY THREATS IN NE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 16, 2009, Victor Angelo [PROTECT SOURCE], the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) of the United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) met with the Ambassador. At the former's request, the Ambassador gave the SRSG an upd [...] |
2009-12-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT |
| 09BANGUI273 |
CPJP MOTIVATIONS FOR ATTACK ON NDELE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 26 attack by the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP) on Ndele in the northern Central African Republic (CAR) reignited a conflict largely dormant since the start of the rainy season (Ref A). The counter attack by the Central African Army (FACA) on Decem [...] |
2009-12-22 12:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF KPKO CT |
| 09BANGUI274 |
FLEEING VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN CONGO, NEW REFUGEES APPEAR IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new flow of refugees into the remote southwestern prefecture of the Lobaye in the Central African Republic (CAR) is the latest in a series of humanitarian tragedies to hit the country this year. The latest census conducted on 14 December 2009 by a joint assessment mission compos [...] |
2009-12-29 08:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 09BANGUI275 |
DDR PROCESS INCREASINGLY LINKED TO ELECTIONS - A DANGEROUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two critical and linked realities threaten to derail the progress of the scheduled preparations for the 2010 Central African (CAR) elections: setbacks in implementing the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration program (DDR) and the existence of armed groups outside of the [...] |
2009-12-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI276 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: LAWS AND SOCIAL VIEWS ON SEXUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central African Republic (CAR) law criminalizes homosexual behavior. The law, reflective of widely held social stigma against homosexuality, considers any act of homosexuality as an ``offense against public decency.'' Post is, however, unaware of any arrests or fines and very few [...] |
2009-12-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CT |
| 09BANGUI45 |
REBELS ATTACK KABO AND BATANGAFO IN NORTHWESTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the early morning of Saturday, 21 February, elements from the FDPC (Democratic Front of the Central African People), a group that had signed a peace treaty with the Central African Government in 2008 attacked the towns of Batangafo and Kabo in Northwestern CAR and then departe [...] |
2009-02-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI46 |
TRIP REPORT FROM VISIT TO NDELE, SOKOUMBA AND NGARBA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI47 |
THE BANGUI SPRING HAS COME TO AN END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 began on a note of unprecedented optimism; the formal peace accords with all major rebel groups and the completion of another "Political Dialogue" made it possible to imagine that real progress might be possible. To be sure, all was not perfect; the government of national u [...] |
2009-02-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT |
| 09BANGUI49 |
MEETING WITH CAR PRESIDENT BOZIZE [...] (SBU) On Friday, 20 February, the Ambassador called on President Bozize. The meeting was at Bozize's request. The Ambassador had not yet requested a meeting as Bozize had been in Bossangoa for a week of funeral ceremonies for his mother. Bozize began by asking the Ambassador's view of the Ob [...] |
2009-02-25 17:35:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 09BANGUI50 |
DISASTER DECLARATION: CAR DISPLACED PERSONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-25 19:04:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CT ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 09BANGUI54 |
CAR: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2009 REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CT |
| 09BANGUI56 |
FORMER PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS REASONS BEHIND RECENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister and current president of the Movement for the Liberation of Central African People (MLPC) Martin ZIGUELE visited the Ambassador on February 26, 2009 to discuss the recently concluded celebrations of the Party's 30th anniversary. He also spoke about the rece [...] |
2009-03-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CT |
| 09BANGUI6 |
UNDP IRANIAN PRESIDENCY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Victor Wake on January 8, and Mr. Wake replied that he was unaware of the impending UNDP Executive Board vote. Ambassador Wake promised to study the demarche, and contact Post if he had further questions. COOK ## [...] |
2009-01-08 20:00:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MNUC PARM CT |
| 09BANGUI60 |
RIOTS IN BANGUI: TENSIONS BOIL OVER AFTER THE MURDER OF A [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of March 5, 2009 a large riot broke out in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui. The protesters were reacting to the severe assault on a police officer and respected member of the community by three members of the Presidential Guard. From approximately 7pm until [...] |
2009-03-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Bangui | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI62 |
RECENT LIBYAN ACTIVITY IN THE CAR: A NEW CHAPTER IN AN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The apparent dissolution of the December 2008 Inclusive Political Dialogue in the Central African Republic has been precipitated by, among other events, the recent rebel activity of the FDPC, a group with strongly suspected ties to Libya (REFTEL 09 BANGUI 56). Libya's influence [...] |
2009-03-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI64 |
BOZIZE'S SUPPORT FOR BASHIR: THE CAR PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) CAR president Francois Bozize's public demonstration of support for Sudanese president Bashir (reftel) is easy to understand in the context of good neighborliness and African solidarity, but other factors may be at play. Bozize fears, with some reason, that he may also be under investiga [...] |
2009-03-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CT SU |
| 09BANGUI68 |
CAR ELECTIONS OF 2010: A SNEAK PEAK AT THE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next elections in the CAR are scheduled for May 2010. This report seeks to identify the potential candidates. President Francois Bozize is the frontrunner and is likely to win the election, fairly or not, but there are other credible candidates and popular discontent is suc [...] |
2009-03-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI78 |
STREET BATTLE BETWEEN FULANI AND LOCAL MERCHANTS LEAVES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 6:30 AM on April 12, 2009, a group of Fulani herders attacked Muslim traders at the cattle market (Marche du Betail) twelve kilometers from the center of Bangui. Details are still unclear, but there are at least seventeen dead. The violence was not directed at U.S. citizens a [...] |
2009-04-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI80 |
A STATE OF DECAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From all corners of Central African society and the international community, there is a creeping sense that the Bozize government is increasingly feeble and may not last out the year. Post stresses that it has no/no solid evidence of any credible external or internal threat and [...] |
2009-04-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI83 |
EXTORTION,WITH A RECEIPT: ROADWAY INSECURITY CRIPPLING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 27, 2009 a motorcycle belonging to an NGO working out of Birao in northeast Central African Republic (CAR) was stolen from its riders. What followed was an almost farcical tale of armed theft and extortion that is sadly typical of the state of lawlessness in most of the [...] |
2009-04-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI85 |
AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO KAGA BANDORO RESTRICTED BY CARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Thursday, March 26, 2009, Ambassador and visiting AFRICOM officer departed Bangui, bound for the town of Kaga Bandoro to visit the various Central African and international organizations working in the region. Kaga Bandoro sits on one of the fault lines of conflict in the CAR [...] |
2009-04-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI86 |
MFA NOTE SEEKS TO REGULATE TRAVEL BY DIPLOMATS IN THE CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2009, Post received a Circular Diplomatic Note from the Central African Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) imposing the immediate requirement for notification to the MFA prior to any travel to areas ``under tension'' by the foreign diplomatic corps. The Note cited Ar [...] |
2009-04-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI87 |
MILITARY TRIBUNAL ACCUSES NOTORIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER IN [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009 Lieutenant Olivier Koudoumon, aka Lt. Gbangouma, a member of President Bozize's Garde Presidentielle (GP), was officially accused of causing the death of a Commissar of Police on March 5, 2009. The killing sparked a day of riots in Bangui that left 10 wounded and [...] |
2009-04-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 09BANGUI88 |
CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS PARTICIPANTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CT |
| 09BANGUI9 |
NEW CAR COALITION GOVERNMENT - NOTHING NEW, AND NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The announcement on Monday, January 19, of a new coalition government ended the several weeks of delay in naming the new coalition recommended by December's Inclusive Political Dialogue. The new government, listed below, represents little change from the old and is even less inc [...] |
2009-01-23 03:26:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT |
| 09BANGUI98 |
CONCERT FOR PEACE GIVEN AT THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, 6 May 2009, the Ambassador hosted a concert by students from Bangui University. The students sang songs calling for peace and reconciliation in English, French and Sango to an appreciative audience of government ministers, the Diplomatic corps, civil society and the Am [...] |
2009-05-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR OEXC ODIP CT |
| 10BANGUI1 |
THE ELECTION PROCESS IN THE CAR - A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The electoral prospectus for the 2010 Central African (CAR) presidential and legislative elections was announced by electoral authorities last month, but with a tight schedule and continuing violence in many parts of the country, the CAR will face many challenges in meeting the t [...] |
2010-01-05 06:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI11 |
CAR: MINISTER REQUESTS MORE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Economy, Planning, and International Cooperation Sylvain Maliko and his deputy on January 22 to discuss U.S. development assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR). The meeting was at Maliko's request. Maliko praised the high level [...] |
2010-01-25 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON PREL CT |
| 10BANGUI13 |
CAR: BIG HILLBILLY BLUEGRASS BAND TAKES BANGUI [...] SUMMARY: The visit of "Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band" (BHBB) to the Central African Republic from January 16 to 21 was a resounding success that enabled post to build good will with the Central African Government and populace and provide an exchange of traditional American and Cent [...] |
2010-01-25 16:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL CT |
| 10BANGUI14 |
DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CARG [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU CT |
| 10BANGUI17 |
CAR: HAITI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Reftel demarche was delivered to the Central African Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 27. Post will report any response. 2. On January 20, the Ambassador delivered remarks in Sango, the national language, during a major cultural event and called for solidarity with the peo [...] |
2010-01-28 17:15:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON HA CT |
| 10BANGUI2 |
FURTHER ATTACKS TARGETING NGOS IN NE CAR MARK TROUBLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 22 and 23 targeted attacks on International Medical Corp (IMC) facilities, in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR) continue a disturbing pattern in this lawless and unstable part of central Africa (Ref A). The recent discovery of the three IMC vehicles for sa [...] |
2010-01-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT |
| 10BANGUI29 |
BOZIZE PARRIES OPPOSITION THIS TIME, BUT ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Saturday, January 30, 2010, President Francois Bozize convoked the Central African political class and the Bangui diplomatic corps to discuss and resolve a contretemps over the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). He further took the opportunity to address, but not give cl [...] |
2010-02-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI34 |
CAR: FORMER MINISTER AND CURRENT MILITA LEADER LIKELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charles Massi, a four-time former minister and political head of the Patriotic Convention for Justice and Peace (CPJP) militia group (Ref A), is widely presumed murdered after Chadian forces arrested him and turned him over to Central African authorities in December 2009. While f [...] |
2010-02-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI36 |
CAR: FORMER PRESIDENT KOLINGBA DIES, LEAVES BEHIND A PARTY [...] (SBU) Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, who ruled the country from 1981 to 1993, died in Paris on February 7, 2010 after a long illness. Coming to power in a coup d'etat, General Kolingba ruled the CAR as a one party state until forced into elections in 1993. A former Ambassador [...] |
2010-02-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI41 |
LINKAGE BETWEEN DDR AND ELECTIONS COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 2010 Central African elections and the country's Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programs are becoming increasingly linked, which could result in serious difficulties for the country in the coming months. The opposition continues seek every opportunity to [...] |
2010-02-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI42 |
CAR: PRESIDENT CUTS FUNDING FOR THE ELECTIONS AND ASKS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though the Central African Republic Government (CARG) promised USD 7.9 million for the upcoming national elections, President Bozize announced on February 2 that the CARG would only make USD 4.3 million available. President Bozize then urged the United Nations Peace Building Fun [...] |
2010-02-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI46 |
S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to Ref A, below is Post's submission for S/GWI funding for the Central African Republic (CAR). The program seeks to improve women's leadership capacity, provide technical assistance and capacity building for women's organizations, and promote women's political advancem [...] |
2010-02-19 07:34:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CT |
| 10BANGUI54 |
CAR: ELECTIONS DELAYS THREATEN CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER, MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African constitutional and electoral law stipulates that elections must occur 105 days before the end of the government's mandate, with the Council of Ministers announcing elections at least 60 days before the planned date. Although the Independent Electoral Commissi [...] |
2010-02-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT |
| 10BANGUI7 |
CAR: IMPROVEMENTS IN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a response to Ref A. The Central African Republic (CAR) made commendable strides to address budget transparency in 2009. Though there is still much ground to cover, the government, with the help of the international community, is making concerted efforts to increase its [...] |
2010-01-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL CT |
| 10BANGUI9 |
DIAMONDS IN THE CAR: DELETERIOUS TO DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic (CAR) is at the bottom of the UN's Human Development Index while at the same time possessing vast mineral wealth that could fuel economic growth. Diamonds, in particular, make up roughly 45 percent of all exports from the CAR. Yet, despite particip [...] |
2010-01-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN EMIN CT |