Central African Republican

1. not comparableOf, from or relating to the Central African Republic.

   You can also find a feature on Central African Republican elephants, and an 11-pager on how millions of Americans get drug tests they do not need.

   2015 May 3, Post Staff Report, “Make the most of your garden with help from these magazines”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2015

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   BUT, really, our favourite piece from that same issue was this: Peter Culshaw's extraordinary account of heading into into^([sic]) the Central African Republican jungle to find the world's oldest-known form of music. He still hasn't accounted for several hundred pounds worth of receipts, which he still maintains went on bribes.

   2007 October 13, Caspar Llewellyn Smith, “OMM at 50”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2014

   Three judges found Bemba responsible as military commander for the war crimes committed by the Movement for the Liberation of Congo which was fighting to reverse a coup against the then Central African Republican president, Ange Felix Patasse.

   2016 October 19, Harriet Agerholm, “Congo’s Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of bribing witnesses International Criminal Court rules”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020

   Synonyms: Central African

plural Central African Republicans

1. A native or inhabitant of the Central African Republic.

   The victims were among the nearly 1 million Central African Republicans displaced during three years of violence and were at the time living in a nearby temporary camp, HRW [Human Rights Watch] added.

   2016 February 4, Reuters, “UN peacekeeping mission for Central African Republic 'identifies seven new cases of sexual abuse by its troops'”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2022

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   I find objectionable the unique singling out of Israel for condemnation. So if we are prepared to boycott, condemn and shame the Saudis, the Qataris, the Iranians, the Egyptians, the Syrians, the Russians, the Nigerians, the Taliban, the Venezuelans, the Zimbabweans, the Sudanese, the South Sudanese, the Central African Republicans, and let’s not forget the Americans and the British, all of whom are as guilty as Israel, then I will join the demonstration.

   2014 August 6, Peter Schwartz, “Peter Schwartz responds to Brian Eno's open letter on Israel-Gaza crisis”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2022

   “The vote is a right, a right for Central Africans. Each person has the power in the constitution of this country ... each citizen has the right to freely choose his leaders,” [Faustin-Archange] Touadera said after casting his ballot. “This is quite important for the Central African Republicans who are searching to get out of these moments of crisis ...the right way ... for the development, the well-being of our country and our population. It is democracy, it is the free choice of the leaders by the people.”

   2020 December 27, Associated Press, “Polls open in Central African Republic amid fears of unrest”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2020

   It’s difficult to feel sorry for Smajic, or for anyone in The Black Swan. The most moving passages in Brügger’s films always involve peripheral players in the great jape: the Ugandan villagers who are told they will be relocated so that an arms factory can be built on their land; or the North Korean interpreter who weeps at the memorial to Kim Il-Sung, claiming she’s mourning him but possibly grieving for some other reason; or the Central African Republicans who take lessons in how to make matches in a factory that Brügger will never build.

   2025 March 27, Samanth Subramanian, “The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2025

   Synonyms: Central African