Colonial policies had deliberately administered the Arab-Muslim North separately from the African, Christian, and Animist South, fostering deep-seated mistrust and inequality that post-independence ...

In view of what happened last week, on June 25, if those in power ignore or misinterpret what happened, the consequences will ...

On the world stage, names like Al Capone, Adolf Hitler, or Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic are clothed with such ignominy that no one hardly ever names their children after them.

Name this country that was ruled in the 1970s by Jean-Bedel Bokassa and is led from-- And that's Coronado, Samay: Central African Republic -Yes. Okay. Gosh, we're out of questions.

3. Jean-Bédel Bokassa: Journey to the Central African Republic and learn about the self-proclaimed emperor who ruled with an iron fist.

> In the Central African Republic, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 44, over threw President David Dacko, 35, the country’s only President since independence in 1960.

In the end, it was only with Jean-Bedel Bokassa that Jean-Marie Le Pen maintained a semblance of a relationship. He met the deposed Central African leader in France in the early 1980s.

Originally published in 1997, the book recounts the turbulent political career of Jean-Bedel Bokassa (1921-1996), the flamboyant president-for-life and later emperor of the Central African Republic ...

Join us as we explore the lives and reigns of Francisco Macias Nguema, Fulgencio Batista, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Pol Pot, and Papa Doc Duvalier.

Throughout history, tyrannical leaders have unfortunately been more common than benevolent ones. To identify some of the most ruthless, we reviewed historical sources and compiled a list of 34 of ...

Eleven countries are currently under strict top-down military control, based on a 24/7 Wall St. review of recent news reports on political status and conflicts in countries around the world. We ...