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Reports on problems related to voter registration in the Central African Republic in 2004. Disappearance of thousands of voter-registration cards; Low number of people registering; Failure of political leaders to mobilize their supporters to register; Holding of a referendum on a new constitution; Statements by Jean Wilibiro-Sacko, chairman of the electoral commission.

The article discusses the political condition in Central African Republic (CAR). The CAR government has signed a peace deal with the country's main rebel group, Central African People's Democratic Front (FDPC), and later with the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) to stop the lawlessness in the country. Meanwhile, CAR citizens are fleeing to seek refuge in yet another poor country, Chad. However, experts believe that the peace treaties will not make much difference.

The article discusses the attacks in the towns of Central African Republic after the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) rebel group signed a peace deal to stop rebellion by the armed group. The Fundamental CPJP faction claimed the attacks in two towns saying they want president Francois Bozize to depart. It also notes CPJP leader Abdoulaye Hissene rejecting any responsibility for the attacks and pointing the blame on the Chadian rebel group.

The article focuses on a report released by the United Nations which deals with continued recruitment of children by armed groups in Central African Republic.

The article reports on the abduction of French Nationals in the Central African Republic and Chad. It states that two aid workers for the French organization Triangle were kidnapped in Birao at the Central African Republic. It says that French agronomist Laurent Maurice of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was abducted by armed men at Chad in November 9, 2009. Furthermore, French Secretary of State for Cooperation Alain Joyandet says that France would not pay any ransom.

The article reports that thousands of people have fled fighting in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) after the government raided their homes to hunt down rebels. The raids were launched by government soldiers on villages on the northwest border with Cameroon and Chad on April 17-19, 2007 to root out gunmen who had attacked a town the previous weekend.

Reports on the results of the parliamentary elections in the Central African Republic in 2005. Election of the spouse of former president Andre Kolingba, Mireille Kolingba and the former National Assembly Speaker Luc Apollinaire Dondon Konamabaye; Political candidates; Indications of politics.

Reports on comments on the presidential and parliamentary election in the Central African Republic. Question on whether true democracy can be established in the country; Voters' optimism about the prospect of having a legitimate government.

Reports that refugees from the Congo Republic are being voluntarily repatriated from the Central African Republic, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Escape of refugees during fighting in 1998 between rebels and troops loyal to the late Congo President Laurent Kabila.

Reports on a riot after security forces opened fire to lift barricades in Bangui, Central African Republic. Use of the road barriers as protest to the murder of a Chadian national by the police; Impact of the mutiny staged by Chadian ex-rebels on the relations between the Chadian community and security forces; Security strategies of the army.

The article highlights the support expressed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to a law in the Central African Republic (CAR) that guarantees refugees protection and other basic rights. Bruno Geddo, UNHCR representative in Bangui, stressed the significance of CAR's adoption of a national refugee law. CAR has an estimated 220,000 displaced civilians from the country's north and thousands of refugees, including 2,000 Congolese and 2,700 Sudanese, from the Darfur region.

Reports on Central African Republic-based Committee to Protect Journalists' condemnation of the imprisonment of Maka Gbossokotto, publication director of the private French-language daily "Le Citoyen". Defamation and slander cases filed against Gbossokotto; Refusal of local newspapers to publish articles to protest Gbossokotto's imprisonment.