PARISPARIS — A dilapidated French chateau that once belonged to the ruthless leader of the Central African Republic, the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, was sold for euro915,000 ($1.2 million) Wednesday, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A controversial historic African leader and two Vietnamese women were involved in a unique story that joins Africa and Vietnam in ...

Hamid Hashemi Kohandani has translated the book and Vazn-e Donya (literally meaning Weight of the World) Publication has published it, Mehr reported. Originally published in 1997, the book recounts ...

In the nightmare of the strife-torn Central African Republic, many citizens have begun to long for the "good old days" of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the emperor who became infamous for his brutality yet ...

Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on 4 December 1977. He'd already been president for several years since taking power in a military coup ...

President Jean Bokassa of Central Africa Republic salutes a dance troupe an arrival in Kampala, Uganda, in 1967. [File, Standard] When a long lost Mau Mau general, Stanley Mathenge Mirugi was ...

The former president of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, has been formally rehabilitated by presidential decree. President Francois Bozize published the decree as part of the ...

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