<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - central-africa-republic</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/central-africa-republic</link><description>Newsvine - central-africa-republic</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 02:15:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:13:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Central African Republic rebels ignore negotiation</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Francois Bozize's government came under growing threat Monday as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to hold their advance and try to form a coalition government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista Larson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Krista Larson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16263948-central-african-republic-rebels-ignore-negotiation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16263948-central-african-republic-rebels-ignore-negotiation</guid><category>republic</category><category>africa</category><category>au</category><category>world-news</category><category>african-union</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>central-africa-republic</category><category>francois-bozize</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:23:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4cecb20-0a7c-4395-9eb0-95e577f5889a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="344" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4cecb20-0a7c-4395-9eb0-95e577f5889a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Map locates the Central African Republic and city of Sibut&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7aafad90-785f-4137-b31b-01d18eea2774.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7aafad90-785f-4137-b31b-01d18eea2774.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Soldiers from the Republic of Congo, operating under a multinational central-african regional mandate, arrive by airplane to boost existing forces, at an airport in Bangui, Central African Republic Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. 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<description><![CDATA[Rebels continued their advance on Saturday, seizing the city of Sibut, 185 kilometers (114 miles) from Bangui, the capital, a government official confirmed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippolyte Marboua]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippolyte Marboua]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16233880-central-african-republic-rebels-take-another-city</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16233880-central-african-republic-rebels-take-another-city</guid><category>republic</category><category>rebel</category><category>advance</category><category>africa</category><category>central</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>central-africa-republic</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:22:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2,000 troops from Chad to fight CAR rebels</title>
<description><![CDATA[Soldiers from neighboring Chad are now helping the government of Central African Republic fight a rapidly advancing rebel movement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16015078-2000-troops-from-chad-to-fight-car-rebels</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16015078-2000-troops-from-chad-to-fight-car-rebels</guid><category>rebel</category><category>advance</category><category>world-news</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>central-africa-republic</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:49:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Prosecutor: ex-Congo VP used rape as weapon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Militias under the command of a former Congolese vice president rampaged through Central Africa Republic raping hundreds of women and men, war crimes prosecutors alleged Monday. But the defense argued Jean-Pierre Bemba sent the troops to rescue an embattled neighbor, and was not responsible for their actions once they crossed the border.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Max]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arthur Max]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2301513-prosecutor-ex-congo-vp-used-rape-as-weapon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2301513-prosecutor-ex-congo-vp-used-rape-as-weapon</guid><category>eu</category><category>war-crimes</category><category>world-news</category><category>crimes</category><category>central-african-republic</category><category>jean-pierre-bemba</category><category>bemba</category><category>central-africa-republic</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:37:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/04c763d2-9749-4e61-864e-54124e4616a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/04c763d2-9749-4e61-864e-54124e4616a4.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, center, is seen at the start of pretrial hearings at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. War crimes prosecutors will lay out their evidence this week against Bemba, accused of murder, torture and hundreds of cases of rape when his militia intervened in a bloody power struggle in neighboring Central Africa Republic. (AP Photo/Michael Kooren, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e8e6409c-c32e-488e-8a55-723103a709d8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e8e6409c-c32e-488e-8a55-723103a709d8.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, left, is seen at the start of pretrial hearings at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. War crimes prosecutors will lay out their evidence this week against Bemba, accused of murder, torture and hundreds of cases of rape when his militia intervened in a bloody power struggle in neighboring Central Africa Republic. (AP Photo/Michael Kooren, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5b88f8e1-1146-4974-9920-005feb95ff92.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5b88f8e1-1146-4974-9920-005feb95ff92.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba is seen at the start of pretrial hearings at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. War crimes prosecutors will lay out their evidence this week against Bemba, accused of murder, torture and hundreds of cases of rape when his militia intervened in a bloody power struggle in neighboring Central Africa Republic. (AP Photo/Michael Kooren, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6539008b-920c-4bec-9998-26688d5347ea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6539008b-920c-4bec-9998-26688d5347ea.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, front row right, at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. War crimes prosecutors will lay out their evidence this week against former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, accused of murder, torture and hundreds of cases of rape when his militia intervened in a bloody power struggle in neighboring Central Africa Republic. (AP Photo/Michael Kooren, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>