Bossangoa is the capital of Ouham, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic. The town has a population of 36,478 (2003 census). It is located 303km (189mi) north of the country's capital, Bangui. The Ouham River passes through Bossangoa and on through a number of waterfalls east of the city before turning north to join the Chari River in Chad.
The Mandjia, the third most populous ethnic group in the Central African Republic, are concentrated in Bossangoa. Along with the Baya, a closely related group, the Mandjia are important historically for their resistance to invasion by various Muslim powers to the north. From 1901 to 1905 Bossangoa and the surrounding area was in rebellion against French colonial authorities. Bossangoa became a center of Protestant missionary activity during the 1920s. In 1959, the city was made the seat of the Apostolic Prefecture of Bossangoa from the Diocese of Berbérati. In 1964, it was promoted as the Diocese of Bossangoa. In June 1980 the city was the scene of clashes between police and farmers over government food policies. The next year French troops were called in to suppress rioting in the aftermath of elections.
Centrafrique: à Bossangoa, les militaires tentent de désamorcer les tensions religieuses - 20/12
Toute l'actualité sur http://www.bfmtv.com/ Bossangoa est coupée en deux par un mur invisible. D'un côté, les chrétiens, de l'autre, les musulmans. Sur place, l'armée française tente de désamorcer les tensions entre les deux communautés, en rendant visite aux prêtres et aux imams. Un rôle qui va au-delà de la mission classique de l'armée française, mais indispensable.
published: 20 Dec 2013
Centrafrique : un aéronef inconnu bombarde un camp militaire à Bossangoa • RFI
Interrogations et incrédulité à Bossangoa, nord-ouest de la Centrafrique, après le réveil en sursaut causé dans la nuit du dimanche 27 au lundi 28 novembre par de fortes détonations en provenance du camp militaire des forces armées centrafricaines (Faca) et des paramilitaires russes de Wagner. Le gouvernement a affirmé qu’un avion non identifié avait bombardé le site, sans faire de victimes.
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published: 29 Nov 2022
Bossangoa - Prophète Ngaïbona, displaced
Prophète Ngaïbona sought refuge at the Catholic mission in Bossangoa, after surviving a Seleka attack on his village. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
published: 05 Dec 2013
Bossangoa - Catholic bishop
Nestor Aziagba, the Catholic bishop of Bossangoa, warns that Central African Republic may be on the brink of a genocide. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
published: 05 Dec 2013
Bossangoa - Muslim community
A trader in Bossangoa and of a displaced woman, both Muslims, recount the horrific crimes committed against their community. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
published: 05 Dec 2013
Bossangoa, Central African Republic: a divided city
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In the Central African Republic town of Bossangoa, Muslims and Christians used to live together, in relative harmony. Now they've fled for fear of their lives to segregated camps.
Religious tensions remain high. The former French colony has slipped into chaos since mainly Muslim rebels seized power in March, leading to tit-for-tat sectarian violence with the Christian militia ...
published: 17 Dec 2013
A Bossangoa, en Centrafrique, "la situation est pire que tout", dit le vicaire
En Centrafrique, depuis plus d'une semaine, les tensions religieuses et ethniques embrasent le pays, et particulièrement le nord. La ville de Bossangoa vit dans l'angoisse perpétuelle. Les conditions sanitaires sont précaires, les O.N.G. ont déserté. Les dernières autorités à tenter d'apaiser les tensions, l'imam et le vicaire-général, ont fait front commun, évitant des centaines de morts.
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published: 17 Sep 2013
Centrafrique : 13 civils tués à Bossangoa
Au moins 13 civils centrafricains ont été tués mercredi à 300 km au nord de la capitale Bangui. Ni les circonstances de l'attaque ni l'identité des assaillants ne sont pour l'heure connus. Les précisions de notre correspondant.
published: 24 Jul 2021
#JTAfrique : Massacres à Bossangoa dans l'Ouest de la Centrafrique, reportage exclusif
Reportage exclusif en Centrafrique. Nos reporters ont pu filmer les seules images en provenance de Bossangoa dans l'ouest du pays, une ville coupée du monde. Villages incendiés, massacres à la machette...les civils se cachent dans la brousse pour échapper aux tueries. Les violences prennent un tour confessionnel. Un document signé Etienne Huver et Boris Heger
16/09/2013 LE JOURNAL DE L'AFRIQUE
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published: 16 Sep 2013
Central African Republic: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos in Bossangoa
In mid February, UN Humanitarian Chief visited the Central African Republic. This was her second visit to the country in less than six months. The country has been almost torn apart by violence that built to a crescendo in December 2013. More than half of all Central Africans - 2.6 million people - need basic humanitarian assistance. Every single woman, child and man has been affected by the crisis in some way.
Visit www.unocha.org/CAR to learn more about what is being done to help people across the country.
Toute l'actualité sur http://www.bfmtv.com/ Bossangoa est coupée en deux par un mur invisible. D'un côté, les chrétiens, de l'autre, les musulmans. Sur place, l...
Toute l'actualité sur http://www.bfmtv.com/ Bossangoa est coupée en deux par un mur invisible. D'un côté, les chrétiens, de l'autre, les musulmans. Sur place, l'armée française tente de désamorcer les tensions entre les deux communautés, en rendant visite aux prêtres et aux imams. Un rôle qui va au-delà de la mission classique de l'armée française, mais indispensable.
Toute l'actualité sur http://www.bfmtv.com/ Bossangoa est coupée en deux par un mur invisible. D'un côté, les chrétiens, de l'autre, les musulmans. Sur place, l'armée française tente de désamorcer les tensions entre les deux communautés, en rendant visite aux prêtres et aux imams. Un rôle qui va au-delà de la mission classique de l'armée française, mais indispensable.
Interrogations et incrédulité à Bossangoa, nord-ouest de la Centrafrique, après le réveil en sursaut causé dans la nuit du dimanche 27 au lundi 28 novembre par ...
Interrogations et incrédulité à Bossangoa, nord-ouest de la Centrafrique, après le réveil en sursaut causé dans la nuit du dimanche 27 au lundi 28 novembre par de fortes détonations en provenance du camp militaire des forces armées centrafricaines (Faca) et des paramilitaires russes de Wagner. Le gouvernement a affirmé qu’un avion non identifié avait bombardé le site, sans faire de victimes.
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Interrogations et incrédulité à Bossangoa, nord-ouest de la Centrafrique, après le réveil en sursaut causé dans la nuit du dimanche 27 au lundi 28 novembre par de fortes détonations en provenance du camp militaire des forces armées centrafricaines (Faca) et des paramilitaires russes de Wagner. Le gouvernement a affirmé qu’un avion non identifié avait bombardé le site, sans faire de victimes.
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Prophète Ngaïbona sought refuge at the Catholic mission in Bossangoa, after surviving a Seleka attack on his village. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and ...
Prophète Ngaïbona sought refuge at the Catholic mission in Bossangoa, after surviving a Seleka attack on his village. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
Prophète Ngaïbona sought refuge at the Catholic mission in Bossangoa, after surviving a Seleka attack on his village. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
Nestor Aziagba, the Catholic bishop of Bossangoa, warns that Central African Republic may be on the brink of a genocide. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage a...
Nestor Aziagba, the Catholic bishop of Bossangoa, warns that Central African Republic may be on the brink of a genocide. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
Nestor Aziagba, the Catholic bishop of Bossangoa, warns that Central African Republic may be on the brink of a genocide. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
A trader in Bossangoa and of a displaced woman, both Muslims, recount the horrific crimes committed against their community. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reporta...
A trader in Bossangoa and of a displaced woman, both Muslims, recount the horrific crimes committed against their community. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
A trader in Bossangoa and of a displaced woman, both Muslims, recount the horrific crimes committed against their community. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
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In the Central African Republic town of Bossangoa, Muslims and Christians used to live together, in relative harmony. Now they've fled for fear of their lives to segregated camps.
Religious tensions remain high. The former French colony has slipped into chaos since mainly Muslim rebels seized power in March, leading to tit-for-tat sectarian violence with the Christian militia that sprang up in response.
Forty thousand mostly Christian refugees live in a makeshift camp set up by the city's Cathedral.
The Christian militiamen, armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles, fight to oust the Muslim president from power. The militia are known as the anti-balaka, which means anti-machete in the local Sango language.
A few hundred metres from the Christian camp, 7,000 displaced Muslim refugees live in a camp set up on the site of a school.
One female refugee describes what happened to bring her to the camp: "They have weapons. I have seen that for myself. They came from the church, and they broke everything. They stole everything from my house," she said.
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In the Central African Republic town of Bossangoa, Muslims and Christians used to live together, in relative harmony. Now they've fled for fear of their lives to segregated camps.
Religious tensions remain high. The former French colony has slipped into chaos since mainly Muslim rebels seized power in March, leading to tit-for-tat sectarian violence with the Christian militia that sprang up in response.
Forty thousand mostly Christian refugees live in a makeshift camp set up by the city's Cathedral.
The Christian militiamen, armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles, fight to oust the Muslim president from power. The militia are known as the anti-balaka, which means anti-machete in the local Sango language.
A few hundred metres from the Christian camp, 7,000 displaced Muslim refugees live in a camp set up on the site of a school.
One female refugee describes what happened to bring her to the camp: "They have weapons. I have seen that for myself. They came from the church, and they broke everything. They stole everything from my house," she said.
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En Centrafrique, depuis plus d'une semaine, les tensions religieuses et ethniques embrasent le pays, et particulièrement le nord. La ville de Bossangoa vit dans...
En Centrafrique, depuis plus d'une semaine, les tensions religieuses et ethniques embrasent le pays, et particulièrement le nord. La ville de Bossangoa vit dans l'angoisse perpétuelle. Les conditions sanitaires sont précaires, les O.N.G. ont déserté. Les dernières autorités à tenter d'apaiser les tensions, l'imam et le vicaire-général, ont fait front commun, évitant des centaines de morts.
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En Centrafrique, depuis plus d'une semaine, les tensions religieuses et ethniques embrasent le pays, et particulièrement le nord. La ville de Bossangoa vit dans l'angoisse perpétuelle. Les conditions sanitaires sont précaires, les O.N.G. ont déserté. Les dernières autorités à tenter d'apaiser les tensions, l'imam et le vicaire-général, ont fait front commun, évitant des centaines de morts.
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Au moins 13 civils centrafricains ont été tués mercredi à 300 km au nord de la capitale Bangui. Ni les circonstances de l'attaque ni l'identité des assaillants ...
Au moins 13 civils centrafricains ont été tués mercredi à 300 km au nord de la capitale Bangui. Ni les circonstances de l'attaque ni l'identité des assaillants ne sont pour l'heure connus. Les précisions de notre correspondant.
Au moins 13 civils centrafricains ont été tués mercredi à 300 km au nord de la capitale Bangui. Ni les circonstances de l'attaque ni l'identité des assaillants ne sont pour l'heure connus. Les précisions de notre correspondant.
Reportage exclusif en Centrafrique. Nos reporters ont pu filmer les seules images en provenance de Bossangoa dans l'ouest du pays, une ville coupée du monde. Vi...
Reportage exclusif en Centrafrique. Nos reporters ont pu filmer les seules images en provenance de Bossangoa dans l'ouest du pays, une ville coupée du monde. Villages incendiés, massacres à la machette...les civils se cachent dans la brousse pour échapper aux tueries. Les violences prennent un tour confessionnel. Un document signé Etienne Huver et Boris Heger
16/09/2013 LE JOURNAL DE L'AFRIQUE
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Reportage exclusif en Centrafrique. Nos reporters ont pu filmer les seules images en provenance de Bossangoa dans l'ouest du pays, une ville coupée du monde. Villages incendiés, massacres à la machette...les civils se cachent dans la brousse pour échapper aux tueries. Les violences prennent un tour confessionnel. Un document signé Etienne Huver et Boris Heger
16/09/2013 LE JOURNAL DE L'AFRIQUE
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In mid February, UN Humanitarian Chief visited the Central African Republic. This was her second visit to the country in less than six months. The country has b...
In mid February, UN Humanitarian Chief visited the Central African Republic. This was her second visit to the country in less than six months. The country has been almost torn apart by violence that built to a crescendo in December 2013. More than half of all Central Africans - 2.6 million people - need basic humanitarian assistance. Every single woman, child and man has been affected by the crisis in some way.
Visit www.unocha.org/CAR to learn more about what is being done to help people across the country.
In mid February, UN Humanitarian Chief visited the Central African Republic. This was her second visit to the country in less than six months. The country has been almost torn apart by violence that built to a crescendo in December 2013. More than half of all Central Africans - 2.6 million people - need basic humanitarian assistance. Every single woman, child and man has been affected by the crisis in some way.
Visit www.unocha.org/CAR to learn more about what is being done to help people across the country.
Toute l'actualité sur http://www.bfmtv.com/ Bossangoa est coupée en deux par un mur invisible. D'un côté, les chrétiens, de l'autre, les musulmans. Sur place, l'armée française tente de désamorcer les tensions entre les deux communautés, en rendant visite aux prêtres et aux imams. Un rôle qui va au-delà de la mission classique de l'armée française, mais indispensable.
Interrogations et incrédulité à Bossangoa, nord-ouest de la Centrafrique, après le réveil en sursaut causé dans la nuit du dimanche 27 au lundi 28 novembre par de fortes détonations en provenance du camp militaire des forces armées centrafricaines (Faca) et des paramilitaires russes de Wagner. Le gouvernement a affirmé qu’un avion non identifié avait bombardé le site, sans faire de victimes.
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Prophète Ngaïbona sought refuge at the Catholic mission in Bossangoa, after surviving a Seleka attack on his village. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
Nestor Aziagba, the Catholic bishop of Bossangoa, warns that Central African Republic may be on the brink of a genocide. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
A trader in Bossangoa and of a displaced woman, both Muslims, recount the horrific crimes committed against their community. (Nov 2013)
For more videos, reportage and analysis, see IRIN's special in-depth on the crisis in CAR: http://www.irinnews.org/carcrisis/index.html
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In the Central African Republic town of Bossangoa, Muslims and Christians used to live together, in relative harmony. Now they've fled for fear of their lives to segregated camps.
Religious tensions remain high. The former French colony has slipped into chaos since mainly Muslim rebels seized power in March, leading to tit-for-tat sectarian violence with the Christian militia that sprang up in response.
Forty thousand mostly Christian refugees live in a makeshift camp set up by the city's Cathedral.
The Christian militiamen, armed with clubs, machetes and hunting rifles, fight to oust the Muslim president from power. The militia are known as the anti-balaka, which means anti-machete in the local Sango language.
A few hundred metres from the Christian camp, 7,000 displaced Muslim refugees live in a camp set up on the site of a school.
One female refugee describes what happened to bring her to the camp: "They have weapons. I have seen that for myself. They came from the church, and they broke everything. They stole everything from my house," she said.
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En Centrafrique, depuis plus d'une semaine, les tensions religieuses et ethniques embrasent le pays, et particulièrement le nord. La ville de Bossangoa vit dans l'angoisse perpétuelle. Les conditions sanitaires sont précaires, les O.N.G. ont déserté. Les dernières autorités à tenter d'apaiser les tensions, l'imam et le vicaire-général, ont fait front commun, évitant des centaines de morts.
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Au moins 13 civils centrafricains ont été tués mercredi à 300 km au nord de la capitale Bangui. Ni les circonstances de l'attaque ni l'identité des assaillants ne sont pour l'heure connus. Les précisions de notre correspondant.
Reportage exclusif en Centrafrique. Nos reporters ont pu filmer les seules images en provenance de Bossangoa dans l'ouest du pays, une ville coupée du monde. Villages incendiés, massacres à la machette...les civils se cachent dans la brousse pour échapper aux tueries. Les violences prennent un tour confessionnel. Un document signé Etienne Huver et Boris Heger
16/09/2013 LE JOURNAL DE L'AFRIQUE
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In mid February, UN Humanitarian Chief visited the Central African Republic. This was her second visit to the country in less than six months. The country has been almost torn apart by violence that built to a crescendo in December 2013. More than half of all Central Africans - 2.6 million people - need basic humanitarian assistance. Every single woman, child and man has been affected by the crisis in some way.
Visit www.unocha.org/CAR to learn more about what is being done to help people across the country.
Bossangoa is the capital of Ouham, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic. The town has a population of 36,478 (2003 census). It is located 303km (189mi) north of the country's capital, Bangui. The Ouham River passes through Bossangoa and on through a number of waterfalls east of the city before turning north to join the Chari River in Chad.
The Mandjia, the third most populous ethnic group in the Central African Republic, are concentrated in Bossangoa. Along with the Baya, a closely related group, the Mandjia are important historically for their resistance to invasion by various Muslim powers to the north. From 1901 to 1905 Bossangoa and the surrounding area was in rebellion against French colonial authorities. Bossangoa became a center of Protestant missionary activity during the 1920s. In 1959, the city was made the seat of the Apostolic Prefecture of Bossangoa from the Diocese of Berbérati. In 1964, it was promoted as the Diocese of Bossangoa. In June 1980 the city was the scene of clashes between police and farmers over government food policies. The next year French troops were called in to suppress rioting in the aftermath of elections.
I was nineteen when I came to town They called it the Summer of Love They were burning babies, burning flags The hawks against the doves I took a job in the steamie Down on Cauldrum Street And I fell in love with a laundry girl Who was working next to me Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing So fine a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child, oh she was running wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay And you wouldn't want me any other way" Brown hair zig-zag around her face And a look of half-surprise Like a fox caught in the headlights There was animal in her eyes She said, "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind" Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing So fine that I might crush her where she lay She was a lost child, she was running wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay And you wouldn't want me any other way" We busked around the market towns And picked fruit down in Kent And we could tinker lamps and pots And knives wherever we went And I said that we might settle down Get a few acres dug Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug She said "Oh man, you foolish man It surely sounds like hell You might be Lord of half the world You'll not own me as well" Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing So fine a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child, oh she was running wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay And you wouldn't want me any other way" We was camping down the Gower one time The work was pretty good She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost And I thought maybe we should We was drinking more in those days And tempers reached a pitch And like a fool I let her run With the rambling itch Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough Back on the Derby beat White Horse in her hip pocket And a wolfhound at her feet And they say she even married once A man named Romany Brown But even a gypsy caravan Was too much settling down And they say her flower is faded now Hard weather and hard booze But maybe that's just the price You pay for the chains you refuse Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing And I miss her more than ever words could say If I could just taste all of her wildness now If I could hold her in my arms today