Francois BOZIZE President of CAR was installed after a coup

[SoCalDem]

How appropriate that a man who took over a government would "host" another ousted president :(
Here's our new "friend"


He has a Bush connection too ..link after stats



chief of state: President Francois BOZIZE (since 15 March 2003 coup)
head of government: Prime Minister Abel GOUMBA (since NA March 2003)
cabinet: Council of Ministers
elections: NA; current president assumed power following a coup on 15 March 2003 in which former President Ange-Felix PATASSE was overthrown (President BOZIZE has stated that elections will be held by NA 2004); prime minister appointed by the president


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03/09/2002, Ange Félix PATASSE invité à New-York par Georges W. BUSH
Selon des informations émanant du Porte-Parole de la Présidence à Bangui, à l'invitation du Président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, le Président Ange Félix PATASSE prendra part le 11 septembre prochain à New-York,...

Selon des informations émanant du Porte-Parole de la Présidence à Bangui, à l'invitation du Président des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, le Président Ange Félix PATASSE prendra part le 11 septembre prochain à New-York, aux cérémonies de commémoration du 1er anniversaire des attentats terroristes du World Trade Center. Puis, toujours à l'invitation du Président BUSH, le Chef de l'Etat centrafricain prendra part le 13 septembre 2002, en marge de l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, à une réunion sur la paix en Afrique Centrale et à une autre sur la situation en RDC.

Auteur : La Rédaction

Source : Porte-Parole Présidence



http://www.centrafrique-presse.com/nouvelles.php3?id_art=1391


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Central African Republic
... to the bush,' he said. Most of the October 2002-March 2003 fighting took place in
Ouham and Ouham Pende provinces between fighters loyal to Francois Bozize, a ...
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African Conflict Journal
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Weekly Round-Up - IRINCEA-207: 02-Jan-04
... A proclamation issued by President George W. Bush deleted the CAR, along with ... Patasse
on 15 March, former army chief of staff Francois Bozize suspended all ...
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allAfrica.com: Central African Republic: Central African Republic ...
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ReliefWeb: Profile of internal displacement: Central African ...
... southern Chad, and more than 100,000 were hiding in the bush in the ... the CAR-Chad border,
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ReliefWeb: Central African Republic: Humanitarian coordination ...
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CAR: Europe grants €1.79 million to rehabilitate health system ...
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[lostnfound]

1. US State Department's own report on CAR torture/human rights abuse

The http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18174.htm">State Department`s own report from March 2003 describes CAR as a country where "Police continued to torture, beat, and otherwise abuse suspects and prisoners."

(SoCalDem, glad you started this topic; I was just thinking it needed its own thread!)

[SoCalDem]

2. I thought it went to "archive-land".. Thanks

There is a REASON he was sent to C.A.R.. They "owe" favors :(

[lostnfound]

3. Or for future rewards ..CAR was dropped from favored tariffs

Just a few months ago-- in http://www.cidi.org/humanitarian/irin/ceafrica/ixl0.html">Weekly Trade Roundup:
CAR: US drops CAR from trade pact

The US has dropped the Central African Republic (CAR) from its list of countries eligible for tariff preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the White House said on Tuesday. A proclamation issued by President George W. Bush deleted the CAR, along with Eritrea, from the list of eligible nations, because the CAR was "not making continual progress in meeting the requirements" for trade preferences.

AGOA was signed into law on 18 May 2000 and was designed by the US to
offer incentives to African nations to open up their economies. The law liberalised access to the US market by expanding duty-free benefits to products including apparel, footwear and certain agricultural goods.

According to the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, CAR exports to the US up to 2002 consisted mostly of minerals and metals, but the country ranked among the bottom few sub-Saharan exporters. http://www.irinnews.org/print.asp?ReportID=38682]