Emergencies in Central African Republic

Standing up for the people in Central African Republic

Standing up for the people in Central African Republic

Fr Aurélio Gazzera is the local diocesan Caritas director in Bouar in Northern Central African Republic. On Sunday evening, I was making a visit to sick person in town when I was called over by a group of people. They took me to see a young man who’d been badly beaten after being arrested. Seleka ...

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Giving is receiving in Central African Republic

Giving is receiving in Central African Republic

By Fr Aurelio Gazzera, Bozoum Now there are already 2,400 displaced, and I fear the numbers will increase as the situation in the country continues to be precarious. This week in the capital Bangui there was shooting and looting and at least one dozen people were killed. But also in the rest of the country ...

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Back to school in Central African Republic

Back to school in Central African Republic

In March 2013, school abruptly came to an end for thousands of children when Seleka rebels seized power. Armed troops ransacked government buildings, hospitals and schools. Teachers fled to the capital; pupils and their families hid in the fields. In co-operation with Unicef, Cordaid (Caritas Netherlands) has set up a 6-month program to re-open schools. ...

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Central African Republic on the brink

Central African Republic on the brink

Fr Aurélio Gazzera is the local diocesan Caritas director in Bouar in Northern Central African Republic. Rebel Seleka forces seized power in CAR in March, plunging the country into anarchy. The United Nations said last week the country was on the brink of collapse and the crisis was threatening to spread beyond its borders. Caritas ...

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Fighters run amok in Central African Republic capital

Fighters run amok in Central African Republic capital

By Clotaire Mbao Ben-Seb, Communications Officer Caritas Central Africa Residents of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, have been living through days of a deafening concert of gunfire: Kalashnikovs are the tenors, submachine guns are the sopranos and the mortars and rockets are the bass. People stayed awake hiding under the Mango trees until ...

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Peace mission in Central African Republic

Peace mission in Central African Republic

By Fr.Aurelio Gazzera in Bozoum, Central African Republic Francais and Espanol    These days we received a great gift: The visit of the Archbishop of Bangui, Dieudonné Nzapalainga. He is one of the few people in the country who raise their voices against injustice and violence. He is the president of the Episcopal Conference and of ...

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Killings reported in Central Africa Republic

Killings reported in Central Africa Republic

By Clotaire Mbao Ben-Seb, Communications Officer Caritas Central Africa The people of Central African Republic continue to live through a terrifying ordeal. Calm has returned to the capital Bangui, but in the interior of the country, human rights abuses are continuing according to local staff. Fr Aurélio Gazzera is the local diocesan Caritas director in ...

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A cry for peace for Central African Republic

A cry for peace for Central African Republic

Read in French By Clotaire Mbao Ben Seba, Bangui If you think a smile is stronger than a weapon If you believe in the power of an offered hand, If you can look at the other with a touch of love If you prefer to know the hope to suspicion, If for you the other ...

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