Full Coverage: Central Africa

29.03.2007 Attempting to crush a rebel movement, the Central African Republic's army has been burning civilian houses in violation of humanitarian law, charges a refugee support group. Approximately 250,000 Central Africans have been displaced in successive waves of violence since 2003.

14.03.2007 Industrial forest exploitation is putting millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo at risk, according to a new report.

13.03.2007 Building on a period of relative stability and the country's first democratic elections in 40 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo's government has moved to reintegrate former soldiers into private life and protect indigenous groups and the vast forest resources they depend on.

12.03.2007 A high-level UN human rights team today accused the Sudanese government of orchestrating and participating in "large-scale international crimes" in Darfur. But the conflict is also affecting Chad and the Central African Republic. Gérard Prunier says that although all three countries have agreed to respect each other’s territorial integrity, the diplomatic activity conceals an international political deadlock over potential oil wealth.
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01.03.2007 British anti-corruption campaigner Dr Sarah Wykes - charged with espionage in Angola - has now arrived in Luanda, after being allowed to leave Cabinda.
From Global Witness