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• “Our daughters have no future”. IRIN News, 15 May 2008. Women in Ndele, a remote town in northern Central African Republic, are making a stand for their rights. The local chapter of the national women’s organisation, OFCA, has launched a campaign to alert women to their rights on issues such as female genital mutilation/cutting, early marriages and polygamy.
• Struggling to undo the damage of sexual violence. IRIN News, 1 April 2008. The Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic (CAR) does what it can to keep going, but morale is low and money tight.
  
• International Criminal Court Prosecutor set to visit Central African Republic. ReliefWeb, 21 January 2008."We hear of gang rapes, mass rapes, horrific sexual acts being inflicted on women, young girls, the elderly, in some cases on men. Perpetrators of acts of massive sexual violence, in the CAR and elsewhere, must know that they will be held accountable."
• State of anarchy - rebellion and abuses against civilians. ReliefWeb, 14 September 2007. While both main rebel groups have been responsible for widespread looting and the forced taxation of the civilian population in areas they control—and rebels in the northeast have committed killings, beatings, and rape— their abuses pale in comparison to those of the Central African Armed Forces and the elite Presidential Guard.
• International Criminal Court opens probe into Central African Republic. UN News, 22 May, 2007. Acting on a referral by the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR), the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today announced an investigation into alleged crimes - especially widespread rape - committed there in 2002 and 2003, and voiced support for efforts by the United Nations to achieve a comprehensive solution to ongoing instability in the country.