World News Blog
..for global affairs!
Worldblog.eu covers the latest world news - providing regional perspectives to current global affairs.
Former Central African Republic Leader Returns From Exile
The former president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Felix Patasse, pictured in 2002, returned home Friday after more than six years in exile, a close aide told AFP. Photo:Desirey Minkoh/AFP
Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos
Ex-Central African Republic president returns from exile: aide
Fri Oct 30, 4:42 PM
BANGUI (AFP) - The former president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Felix Patasse, returned home Friday after more than six years in exile, a close aide told AFP.
Patasse was president from 1999 until March 2003, when he was deposed by Francois Bozize, who is still in power, and since then has been living in exile in Togo.
He plans to stand in 2010 presidential elections.
A close aide to the former president, Sosthene Nguetel, said the homecoming had taken place without incident. Patasse, however, did not speak to the press, and was moved from the airport to a secret location.
Security was tight around Bangui airport, with the press kept away by a large deployment of police and soldiers.
Bozize’s government has said that it would not oppose the return to the country of its former leader, and the two politicians are expected to meet in the coming days, Patasse’s aides said.
Patasse had urged his supporters inside the country to stage a peaceful reception for him and to respect law and order.
Source:
http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2009/10/former-central-african-republic-leader.html
Leave a Reply
Key information: this blog collects news from different rss feeds around the globe -and is such called a worldnews blog for political affairs. For the world in regional perspectives it collects worldnews, such as recent world politics in Africa, The Middle East, South America, Europe, Asian, US and respectively North American (USA & Canadaian) news. The newsblog with feed such as rss and latest news from the pacific or the United Nations internal affairs in short UN from regional and local point of views. The world talks braking news and the worldblog, respectively worldblog.eu provides the latest Information blogging from a global world. Worldblog, a love making blog for global issues and a top news archive for NGOs! Leave a reply and comment on this news article! This worldblog key information shall be updated in future...