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Bangui

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bangui , city (1994 est. pop. 560,000), capital of the Central African Republic, a port on the Ubangi River, near the Congo (Kinshasa) border. Bangui is an administrative, trade, and communications center. Its manufactures include textiles, food products, beer, shoes, and soap. Bangui's port handles most of the country's international trade; the chief exports are cotton, timber, coffee, and sisal. Bangui is at the hub of the nation's road network, which connects the city with Cameroon, Chad, and Sudan. The city was founded in 1889. The Univ. of Bangui is located here. Author not available,... Read more
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Bangui
...1,100-mi (1,800-km) river and rail transport system with the Congolese cities of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville . Chiefly a commercial and administrative centre, Bangui is also the site of a university and research institutes. Bangui Bangui Bangui Read more

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Rebels capture airport and sections of Bangui
; BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) -- Insurgents loyal to a...3:15 p.m. local time as the rebels entered the capital, Bangui, from the north. The fighters identified themselves to...Patasse's official residence and offices in the capital, Bangui. The shooting diminished as dusk fell. It was unclear how... Read more
Attempt at coup fails in Bangui.(World)
; BANGUI, Central African Republic - This nation's Mother's Day...and proceeded to broadcast conversations intercepted from Bangui's 700 mobile-telephone users. As the mist lifted at dawn...searched for four-by-four vehicles in compounds inhabited by Bangui's tiny expatriate community. They kicked down doors, ... Read more
Fighting Suspends in Bangui After Chadian Troops'
; ...capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, suspended this evening after what was...Friday between mutineers and the MISAB in Bangui. The French embassy was hit by shellings...the Brussels and Kouanga districts of Bangui, and many youths who supported the mutiny... Read more
SA to train troops in central Africa as rebels edge towards Bangui.(News)
; BYLINE: Hans Pienaar Bangui - South Africa has come out in support...talks with President Francois Bozize in Bangui on Friday. He had led a team of defence...towns in diamond-rich areas in a march on Bangui, which lies on the border with the Democratic... Read more
Former Malian President To Be in Bangui for
; Bangui, the capital of Central Africa, is temporarily calm this...the city and has already occupied the southwest part of Bangui that is initially under the control of the mutineers, said...city. Former Malian President Amadou Toure is returning to Bangui today to mediate among the belligerents. In January ... Read more
Bangui mutineers die in French revenge attack
; Bangui - French troops killed 10 Central African Republic army...Kassai army camp and other rebel- held areas of the capital, Bangui. A further 30 mutineers were taken prisoner. Spokesmen...military spokesman, Colonel Henri Pelicier, told reporters in Bangui, adding that French troops had taken control of ... Read more
French Troops Kill 10 Rebel Soldiers in Bangui
; ...in Central African Republic's capital Bangui, after two French officers were killed...military spokesman Colonel Henri Pelicier in Bangui as saying that French troops had taken...000-man strong French troops deployed in Bangui used armored vehicles and two Puma helicopters... Read more
Rebel asks that order be restored to Bangui
; Rebel asks that order be restored to Bangui From Journal Sentinel wire reports Wednesday, March 19, 2003 Bangui, Central African Republic -- The rebel...Francois Bozize captured the capital, Bangui, on Sunday, and he subsequently dissolved... Read more
Fighting Intensified in Bangui
; Fierce fighting has been going on in Bangui, capital of the Central Africa Republic...were injured and thousands of people in Bangui were fleeing from the south to the northern...President Amadou Toure is expected in Bangui for ceasefire talks. Read more
French Troops Launch Attack on Rebel Soldiers in Bangui
; ...troops took action early this morning in Bangui in retaliation of the killing of two French...were killed and several others injured in Bangui Saturday. The French soldiers killed were...Central Africa, 1,500 of them barracking in Bangui after a third mutiny in 1996. Read more

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