[Capital FM] Nairobi -- MARA, a Pan-African crypto exchange, launched on Wednesday and announced USD23 million Shs2.7billion in funding and a partnership with the Central African Republic, which just passed a bill legalizing Bitcoin as legal tender.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- The Cameroon-headquartered Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has urged the Central African Republic (CAR) to annul a law it passed in late April that made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender. The bank warned in a le...

[Crisis Group] Disbanded in 2013, today the Central African army is present throughout the country. But structural problems could weaken it once again. To avoid a downward spiral, Bangui and its international partners should apply the principles laid...

[The Conversation Africa] The Central African Republic (CAR) descended into conflict in 2013 when Seleka rebels deposed then President François Bozizé.

[DW] Central African Republic and El Salvador have made Bitcoin legal tender and Panama has approved a bill to regulate crypto assets. Experts have warned that nations that adopt crypto currencies risk instability.

[DW] "Russian-identified forces" may have committed grave abuses against civilians in the Central African Republic, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report.

[RFI] Human Rights Watch says there is "compelling evidence" that Russian paramilitary troops are committing serious rights abuses and killing civilians in the Central African Republic.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The efforts undertaken by the Angolan authorities, in particular the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, in the search for peace and political stability in the Central African Republic (CAR), were praised by the United Natio...

[VOA] Yaounde -- The U.N.'s refugee chief, Filippo Grandi, on a visit to Cameroon this week, vowed to give more support to displaced Central Africans and Cameroonians fleeing intercommunal violence. Grandi spoke at a ministerial conference in YaoundÃ...

[New Times] The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) in charge of Operations, Felix Namuhoranye, instructed police contingents to commit and prove themselves right and professionally in all dimensions of their peacekeeping mandate.

[UN News] The top UN humanitarian official in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday underlined the need for safe access to vulnerable people following two recent attacks against aid organizations operating in the south of the country.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's military has deployed hundreds of troops to its eastern border with the Central African Republic after CAR rebels this month abducted at least 35 people. The military says the rebels are targeting merchants, farmers, and r...

[DW] After taking years to get started, the inaugural trial of the Special Criminal Court was boycotted by the lawyers defending the accused militia members.

[RFI] Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court, set up to probe war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 2003, opens its first trial Tuesday, seven years after it was created.

[JusticeInfo.net] The Special Criminal Court opens its first trial on April 19. But this mixed court in the Central African Republic, composed of national and international magistrates, is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence. Five years after...

[DW] Former child soldiers are providing new information about the leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army. The evasive Kony has been on the run since 2005 when the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.