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Program of Central African RepublicSpace
Program of Central African Republic
------The Central African Republic's Space Agency------
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Level = 0 Development: Very Low
What has been going on in Central African Rep.?
What kind of space power do they have?
Does Central African Rep. have space weapons?
What are they planning over there? |
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Population: 4,100,000 / Language: French / GDP: $1100 / Cities: Bangui
OVERVIEW
The Central African Republic (CAR) has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960 and is one of the least-developed countries in the world. It has endured several coups and a notorious period under a self-declared emperor, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, who headed a brutal regime.
The Bokassa era ended in 1979, when he was overthrown in a coup led by David Dacko and backed by French commandos based in the country.
AT-A-GLANCE
Mr Kolingba's successor, Ange-Felix Patasse, had to contend with serious unrest which culminated in riots and looting in 1997 by unpaid soldiers. When in that year the French pulled out, there were fears of a power vacuum, so Paris financed a group of French-speaking African countries to create a peacekeeping force. That force was then transformed into the UN Mission to the Central African Republic, or Minurca. In 1999 Mr Patasse beat nine other candidates to become president again, but there were allegations of electoral fraud. He was overthrown in a coup in 2003 and went into exile in Togo.
Illegal weapons proliferate across the CAR, the legacy of years of unrest. Armed groups are active in the volatile north. The unrest has displaced tens of thousands of Central Africans; many of them have crossed the border into Chad. The CAR possesses considerable agricultural, water and mineral resources. But corruption is rife, according to the IMF, and affects the timber and diamond industries. The country is endowed with virgin rainforests and has some of the highest densities of lowland gorillas and forest elephants in Africa. Full name: Central African Republic
President: Francois Bozize Former coup leader Francois Bozize took more than 64% of the vote in the second round of presidential elections in May 2005, ending two years of military rule. His rival was Martin Ziguele, a former prime minister.
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Central African Republic's Space Infrastructure
Central African Republic is one of the world's poorest countries, without the resources for building as space program. Not only does it certainly not have an agency, but also no infrastructure in which one would arise. Its only university has no space related educational architecture, lacking astrophysics, astronautics, aeronautics and natural sciences. The government has no ministry devoted to science of this type. Central African Republic lacks the industrial base, the educational base and the political foundation for a process like this to occur within it. It has no functioning university with an astrophysics or astronautics program, including the Unversity of Bengui, and nonexistant industry. Central African Republic operates no satellites and, not having a presence, has no space power. The government of the Central African Republic in Bangui has no plans for attempting to further any ambition in space development or research.
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Timeline of Events in Central African Republic ...From the Past to the Future 1880s - France annexes the area. 1894 - France sets up a dependency in the area called Ubangi-Chari and partitions it among commercial concessionaires.1910 - Ubangi-Chari becomes part of the Federation of French Equatorial Africa. 1920-30 - Indigenous Africans stage violent protests against abuses by concessionaires. 1946 - The territory is given its own assembly and representation in the French parliament; Barthelemy Boganda, founder of the pro-independence Social Evolution Movement of Black Africa (MESAN), becomes the first Central African to be elected to the French parliament. 1957 - MESAN wins control of the territorial assembly; Boganda becomes president of the Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa. Independence 1958 - The territory achieves self-government within French Equatorial Africa with Boganda as prime minister. 1959 - Boganda dies. 1960 - The Central African Republic becomes independent with David Dacko, nephew of Boganda, as president. 1962 - Dacko turns the Central African Republic into a one-party state with MESAN as the sole party. 1964 - Dacko confirmed as president in elections in which he is the sole candidate. The Bokassa era 1965 - Dacko ousted by the army commander, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, as the country faces bankruptcy and a threatened nationwide strike. 1972 - Bokassa declares himself president for life. 1976 - Bokassa proclaims himself emperor and renames the country the "Central African Empire". 1979 - Bokassa ousted in a coup led by David Dacko and backed by French troops after widespread protests in which many school children were arrested and massacred while in detention. 1981 - Dacko deposed in a coup led by the army commander, Andre Kolingba. 1984 - Amnesty for all political party leaders declared. 1986 - Bokassa returns to the CAR. 1988 - Bokassa sentenced to death for murder and embezzlement, but has his sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Ban on parties lifted 1991 - Political parties permitted to form. 1992 October - Multiparty presidential and parliamentary elections held in which Kolingba came in last place, but are annulled by the supreme court on the ground of widespread irregularities. 1993 - Ange-Felix Patasse beats Kolingba and Dacko in elections to become president, ending 12 years of military rule. Kolingba releases several thousand political prisoners, including Bokassa, before standing down as president. 1996 May - Soldiers stage a mutiny in the capital, Bangui, over unpaid wages. 1997 November - Soldiers stage more mutinies. 1997 - France begins withdrawing its forces from the republic; African peacekeepers replace French troops. 1999 - Patasse re-elected; his nearest rival, former President Kolingba, wins 19% of the vote. 2000 December - Civil servants stage general strike over back-pay; rally organised by opposition groups who accuse President Patasse of mismanagement and corruption deteriorates into riots. Coup bid 2001 May - At least 59 killed in an abortive coup attempt by former president Andre Kolingba. President Patasse suppresses the attempt with help of Libyan and Chadian troops and Congolese rebels. 2001 November - Clashes as troops try to arrest sacked army chief of staff General Francois Bozize, accused of involvment in May's coup attempt. Thousands flee fighting between government troops and Bozize's forces. 2002 February - Former Defence Minister Jean-Jacques Demafouth appears in a Bangui court to answer charges related to the coup attempt of May 2001. 2002 October - Libyan-backed forces help to subdue an attempt by forces loyal to dismissed army chief General Bozize to overthrow President Patasse. Patasse ousted 2003 March - Rebel leader Francois Bozize seizes Bangui, declares himself president and dissolves parliament. President Ange-Felix Patasse is out of the country at the time. Within weeks a transitional government is set up. 2004 December - New constitution approved in referendum. 2005 May - Francois Bozize is named the winner of presidential elections after a run-off vote. 2005 August - Flooding in the capital, Bangui, leaves up to 20,000 people homeless. 2005 June onwards - Thousands flee lawlessness in north-west CAR for southern Chad. Aid bodies appeal for help to deal with the "forgotten emergency". 2006 June - UN says 33 people have been killed in a rebel attack on an army camp in the north. 2006 August - Exiled Former President Ange-Felix Patasse is found guilty, in absentia, of fraud and sentenced to 20 years' hard labour. 2006 October - Rebels seize Birao, a town in the north-east. President Bozize cuts short an overseas visit. 2006 December - French fighter jets fire on rebel positions as part of support for government troops trying to regain control of areas in the northeast.
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TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE
Nothing Planned
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