| 6,048,495 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Residents of the capital take to the streets banging cooking pots to protest continuing rebellions and foreign troops. Protest is stopped on day two after the sounds of gun fire are heard. |
| 6,048,500 |
6.3968301 |
17.3804 |
Central African Republic |
|
Govt. forces kill a rebel leader. |
| 6,048,505 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Students protest govt. failure to pay grants. Police break up protest with tear gas and gun fire. No one is killed. |
| 6,048,510 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Teachers protest unpaid wages. |
| 6,048,515 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
After several years of rebellion by Francois Bozize, he and his followers manage to stage a coup and overthrow president Ange-Felix Patasse. Looting continues for several days after the coup. |
| 6,048,521 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
30,000 people march in the streets to show support for new president who took power in a coup on 3/15/2003. |
| 6,048,527 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
May Day rally. 1000s show up to show support for labor. New president attends and the crowd supports him. |
| 6,048,532 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Student protest erupts over delay in exam results, setting up roadblocks and burning tires. Security forces shoot and kill one. |
| 6,048,538 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Civilians angry with the presence of govt. allied Chadian mercenaries clash with security forces. 4 die. |
| 6,048,543 |
6.00456 |
20.1024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Professors stage month long strike over back pay. |
| 6,048,548 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Govt. calls for a national day of fasting and prayer. The leader of a small party (Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa) protests by gorging himself on grilled bananas and peanuts. |
| 6,048,554 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Enthusiastic crowd greets the first lady of the CAR. Bodyguards open fire, one dies. |
| 6,048,559 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Parliament office workers and aides block access to the parliament, protesting pay arrears. |
| 6,048,565 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Rally to support a public sector strike over back pay. Strike details not given. |
| 6,048,570 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Students of Bangui University strike over unpaid grants. On 3/2/2004 the students stage a demonstration that the police break up with tear gas. |
| 6,048,575 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Violent demonstration by students throwing stones at the vehicles of French troops. Cause is unknown. |
| 6,048,580 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Student protest unpaid grants. Students set fire to tires and throw stones. Govt. arrests 12. |
| 6,048,585 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Teachers strike over back pay. |
| 6,048,590 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Insurgents once loyal to president Francois Bozize battle security forces, demanding pay and admission to the armed forces. The ex-rebels clash with the govt. twice in 10 days. |
| 6,048,595 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Chandians barricade streets in Bangui to protest the death of a compatriot in police hands. Police disperse with by firing shots in the air. |
| 6,048,601 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
1000s of supports march in the streets to support President Francois Bozize. |
| 6,048,606 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
All private newspapers in CAR suspend publication in protest of arrest of a newspaper man. |
| 6,048,612 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
All private newspapers in CAR suspend publication in protest of arrest of a newspaper man. |
| 6,048,617 |
6.7800002 |
16.6 |
Central African Republic |
|
Soldiers are attacked by unknown assailants, three die. |
| 6,048,622 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Strike over back pay. |
| 6,048,627 |
10.2933 |
22.7822 |
Central African Republic |
|
Sudanese raiders attack Birao looking for fuel. |
| 6,048,632 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Civil servants strike over back pay, pensions and other benefits. |
| 6,048,637 |
7.2431002 |
16.438601 |
Central African Republic |
|
Bandits attack an army position. |
| 6,048,642 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Shootout between Republican Guard (govt.) forces and body guards attached to former president Andre Kolingba, an electoral rival to current preident Francois Bozize. One injured. |
| 6,048,648 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Supporters of opposition candidate Nicolas Tiangaye riot when news leaks that their candidate is behind in presidential run off election. Police use tear gas. |
| 6,048,653 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Article claims 4000 people have fled the CAR over an 8 day period because of attacks by unidentified armed groups. |
| 6,048,659 |
8.8727703 |
19.0091 |
Central African Republic |
|
Chadian rebels hired during the reign of CAR's former president attack a government vehicle. |
| 6,048,664 |
7.6197901 |
16.9624 |
Central African Republic |
|
Armed attack on the town of Markounda by forces unknown. |
| 6,048,670 |
6.00456 |
20.1024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Strike reported retrospectively. Most details are unknown. |
| 6,048,676 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Civil servants strike over back pay. |
| 6,048,681 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Violence eruptes at a funeral of a slain soldier. Security forces open fire at a crowd of people. |
| 6,048,686 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Transport workers strike to protest rising fuel costs. |
| 6,048,692 |
7.2431002 |
16.438601 |
Central African Republic |
|
Govt. forces react to rebel attack near Paoua (more than 1000 people with rifles and machetes attack a police station) and kill indiscriminately, including many civilians. Death toll is disputed. Death toll eventually rises over 100. |
| 6,048,699 |
6.00456 |
20.1024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Temp. teachers strike to protest vacation pay arrears. |
| 6,048,705 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Students protest to support teacher strike. Police use tear gas and bullets. No one is hurt. |
| 6,048,710 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
3000 unionists, human rights activists, and others protest rising violence in the CAR, call for the govt. and rebels to work toward peace. |
| 6,048,716 |
8.8727703 |
19.0091 |
Central African Republic |
|
Chadian rebels attempting the overthrow of Chad's president attack government and AU forces in several days of fighting. |
| 6,048,723 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
Lawyers stage week long strike to protest continuing detention of acquited coup plotters. |
| 6,048,729 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
The president speaks to a crowd of 30,000 demonstrators and accuses Sudan of backing rebels in the CAR. |
| 6,048,736 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Press strike to protest politically motivated death threats against media executives. |
| 6,048,741 |
6.50456 |
20.6024 |
Central African Republic |
|
|
| 6,048,747 |
7.2431002 |
16.438601 |
Central African Republic |
|
Rebels attack Paoua. |
| 6,048,752 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Street vendors set up tables around a shop. The shop owner asks the police to make them leave. A riot ensues. Police open fire, killing 1. |
| 6,048,757 |
4.3617001 |
18.556 |
Central African Republic |
|
Police kill two that fail to stop at a checkpoint. Several hundred people protest the police brutality the next day. Police respond with brutality, opening fire. 7 are wounded. |
| 6,048,762 |
10.2933 |
22.7822 |
Central African Republic |
|
French fighter jets strike rebel positions, kill 2. |
