Alex Thomson
Central African Republic: peacekeeping or ethnic cleansing?
African and French troops have realised the only way they can protect Bangui’s Muslims is to escort them out of the Central African Republic.
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Children: victims of war
The deliberate targeting of so many children has caused outrage across the world. And it’s part of an increasing – and horrifying – trend.
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Central African Republic: grenade attack on Bangui church
Attackers kill at least 11 people in a gun and grenade attack on a church in the Central African Republic, as aid workers accuse the international community of turning a blind eye to ethnic cleansing.
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The world’s worst countries for conflict and violence
Syria, Central African Republic and Iraq top a new index of conflict and political violence which gives 16 countries an “extreme risk” rating and sees Ukraine jumping to 35th most at-risk country.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Central African Republic: EU to send some peacekeepers – at last
The EU move is a start but the numbers are not enough, not nearly enough to end the slide into violence in the Central African Republic
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Alex Thomson
We looked away and the machete men came out
International attention may have turned away from the violence in the Central Afrian Republic, but the situation there has not stabilised – instead it is getting worse.
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Alex Thomson
Sobering reading: UN report on Central African Republic
Here at Channel 4 News we try hard to keep the plight of people in the Central Africa Republic on the radar – and Monday’s UN report makes for sobering reading.
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Archbishop and imam plead for help in CAR
Two religious leaders from Central African Republic are in Europe to ask the international community for help. The Muslim has been forced to live with the Christian for his own safety.
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‘Seeds of genocide’ in Central African Republic
Witnesses who have fled the fighting in CAR claimed Muslims were being “butchered like sheep”. A new interim president is in charge, but the killing and the looting have not stopped.
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Alex Thomson
CAR: Colonel Bogey and the interim, interim president
It’s not every day in Bangui that you hear the stirring sound of Colonel Bogey or The Great Escape theme belted out by a military band.
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Alex Thomson
Extreme violence and religious hatred – another day in CAR
Violence has left swaths of CAR unpopulated. And in its place, there is something depressingly familiar – straightforward religious hatred.
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Central African Republic: foreigners evacuated
The evacuation of foreigners stranded in the Central African Republic’s capital of Bangui begins, following more violence in the wake of President Michel Djotodia’s resignation.
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Alex Thomson
Hanging laundry on helicopters as Chadians flee the Central African Republic
Soldiers from Chad are escorting Chadian nationals out of the Central African Republic as looting and violence continues.
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Tension in Bangui amid fragile hopes of truce
Sporadic gunfire returns to the capital of the Central African Republic after reports of a truce between Muslim and Christian fighters.
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Crowds celebrate resignation of CAR leaders
The president and prime minister of the Central African Republic resign after failing to stop sectarian violence in the troubled country.
