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Facebook Removes French, Russian Accounts Active in Africa Over Covert Disinformation Campaign
Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month, Facebook announced this week.
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France Disciplines 5 Troops Over Central Africa Abuse: Ministry
France has disciplined five soldiers accused of physical abuse in Central African Republic, where Paris had sent peacekeepers to quell bloody sectarian violence, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
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4 New Allegations Of Sex Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers In Central Africa
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
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France Says To Wind Down Central African Republic Force By Year-End
France aims to scale back its military presence in Central African Republic by the end of the year, its defence minister said in a French media interview, as Paris continues to count on forthcoming elections to ease tension in the turbulent African country.
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Peacekeepers Accused Of Abusing Children In Central African Republic: UN
The United Nations said on Friday it had allegations that peacekeepers from Georgia, France and another unnamed European country sexually abused children while deployed in the Central African Republic.
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'Lay Down Your Weapons', Pope Francis Tells Warring Sides in Central African Republic
Pope Francis today urged the warring sides in Central African Republic to lay down their weapons on a landmark visit to a country ripped apart by sectarian strife.
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France Should Have Probed Central Africa Child Abuse Earlier: UN Rights Chief
UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday said France should have probed much earlier claims that its soldiers raped children in the Central African Republic between December 2013 and June 2014.
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No Mercy to Soldiers if African Child Abuse Charges Proven: French President Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande vowed today to make an example of any French troops found guilty of child sex abuse in Central African Republic as a judicial source said as many as 14 could be implicated.
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French Authorities Investigating Reports of Sexual Abuse by Troops in Central African Republic
Authorities in France are investigating claims that French peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic (CAR), the government confirmed today.
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France Begins Withdrawing Central AfricaTroops as UN Force Nears Full Deployment
France is withdrawing troops from Central African Republic as a United Nations peacekeeping force nears its full deployment, but will keep a presence to support the U.N. with a rapid reaction force, officials and diplomats said.
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New Central Africa Fighting Kills 20 as French Minister Visits
France's defence minister Tuesday urged rival factions in the Central African Republic to reach a truce as peacekeepers reported fresh fighting that left 20 civilians dead in the strife-torn country.
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Violence in Central Africa Escalating Says French Minister
Violence in the Central African Republic is becoming "more serious" as a political deadlock inflames tensions between rival Christians and Muslims, France's defence minister warned as he left for the war-torn country.
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Looting a way of life for Central Africa's lost generation
Deprived of schooling by years of inept leadership, the forsaken youths of the Central African Republic see raiding and plundering as the only career their country has to offer.
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Clashes in Bangui leave at least ten dead: witnesses
A weekend of violence and looting in the Central African capital has left at least 10 people dead, witnesses and a humanitarian official told AFP on Sunday, including two more gruesome lynchings of minority Muslims.
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Celebrations in Central African Republic as leader resigns
Central African Republic's interim leaders caved in to international pressure and resigned on Friday after failing to halt inter-religious violence, prompting street celebrations but also questions over who would step in to take charge.
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Facebook Removes French, Russian Accounts Active in Africa Over Covert Disinformation Campaign
Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month, Facebook announced this week.
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France Disciplines 5 Troops Over Central Africa Abuse: Ministry
France has disciplined five soldiers accused of physical abuse in Central African Republic, where Paris had sent peacekeepers to quell bloody sectarian violence, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
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4 New Allegations Of Sex Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers In Central Africa
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
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France Says To Wind Down Central African Republic Force By Year-End
France aims to scale back its military presence in Central African Republic by the end of the year, its defence minister said in a French media interview, as Paris continues to count on forthcoming elections to ease tension in the turbulent African country.
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Peacekeepers Accused Of Abusing Children In Central African Republic: UN
The United Nations said on Friday it had allegations that peacekeepers from Georgia, France and another unnamed European country sexually abused children while deployed in the Central African Republic.
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'Lay Down Your Weapons', Pope Francis Tells Warring Sides in Central African Republic
Pope Francis today urged the warring sides in Central African Republic to lay down their weapons on a landmark visit to a country ripped apart by sectarian strife.
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France Should Have Probed Central Africa Child Abuse Earlier: UN Rights Chief
UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday said France should have probed much earlier claims that its soldiers raped children in the Central African Republic between December 2013 and June 2014.
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No Mercy to Soldiers if African Child Abuse Charges Proven: French President Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande vowed today to make an example of any French troops found guilty of child sex abuse in Central African Republic as a judicial source said as many as 14 could be implicated.
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French Authorities Investigating Reports of Sexual Abuse by Troops in Central African Republic
Authorities in France are investigating claims that French peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic (CAR), the government confirmed today.
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France Begins Withdrawing Central AfricaTroops as UN Force Nears Full Deployment
France is withdrawing troops from Central African Republic as a United Nations peacekeeping force nears its full deployment, but will keep a presence to support the U.N. with a rapid reaction force, officials and diplomats said.
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New Central Africa Fighting Kills 20 as French Minister Visits
France's defence minister Tuesday urged rival factions in the Central African Republic to reach a truce as peacekeepers reported fresh fighting that left 20 civilians dead in the strife-torn country.
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Violence in Central Africa Escalating Says French Minister
Violence in the Central African Republic is becoming "more serious" as a political deadlock inflames tensions between rival Christians and Muslims, France's defence minister warned as he left for the war-torn country.
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Looting a way of life for Central Africa's lost generation
Deprived of schooling by years of inept leadership, the forsaken youths of the Central African Republic see raiding and plundering as the only career their country has to offer.
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Clashes in Bangui leave at least ten dead: witnesses
A weekend of violence and looting in the Central African capital has left at least 10 people dead, witnesses and a humanitarian official told AFP on Sunday, including two more gruesome lynchings of minority Muslims.
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Celebrations in Central African Republic as leader resigns
Central African Republic's interim leaders caved in to international pressure and resigned on Friday after failing to halt inter-religious violence, prompting street celebrations but also questions over who would step in to take charge.
