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Lycée Barthélémy Boganda De Bangui
Lycée Barthelemy Boganda is a public high school situated in Bangui. The school is named after Barthelemy Boganda. History Lycée Barthelemy Boganda building was constructed on 17 May 1952 and inaugurated on 23 January 1954 by Pierre Chauvet with the name Collège Emil Gentil. In 1968, the school was renamed to Lycée Barthelemy Boganda. Ecobank Centrafrique donated computers and laboratory equipment worth $11 million to Lycée Barthelemy Boganda on 6 February 2009. The school underwent renovation in 2011, resulting in new classrooms and a rehabilitated sanitary block. A quarrel between Lycée Barthelemy Boganda and Lycée Gobongo students outside the school ensued on 1 February 2013, causing traffic disruption on the road in front of the school. The squabble stemmed from some of the Boganda students accusing Gobongo students of not cleaning the courtyard, and some of the Boganda's buildings were leased to Gobongo. The gendarmerie and police arrived at the location and disbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangui
Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River (french: Oubangui); the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, which marked the end of navigable water north from Brazzaville. The majority of the population of the Central African Republic lives in the western parts of the country, in Bangui and the surrounding area. The city forms an autonomous commune (''commune autonome'') of the Central African Republic which is surrounded by the Ombella-M'Poko prefecture. With an area of , the commune is the smallest high-level administrative division in the country, but the highest in terms of population. it had an estimated population of 889,231. The city consists of eight urban districts (''arrondissements''), 16 groups (''groupement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona is former minister of sports in the Central African Republic, president of the Central African Football Federation and leader of Anti-balaka, arrested in 2018 for his war crimes. Life Ngaïssona was born in 1967 in Begoua. He was minister of sport under Bozize regime and president of the Central African Football Federation since 2008. In December 2013 he became leader of one of factions of Anti-balaka. In February 2018 he was elected by Executive Committee of the African Football Confederation to represent the Central African Republic. On 12 December 2018 Ngaïssona was arrested in Paris by French authorities for his involvement in war crimes pursuant to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. On 28 November 2019 he was banned by FIFA from taking part in any football-related activity for six years and eight months. He was also fined 500,000 CHF. His trial started in February 2021. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schools In The Central African Republic
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Institutions Established In 1954
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Zokoué
Isaac Zokoué (September 17, 1944 — September 12, 2014) was a leading theologian in the Central African Republic. For 14 years was dean of the leading French-speaking evangelical seminary, Faculte de Theologie Evangelique de Bangui. Zokoué wrote a number of books and articles about harmonizing Christian ideas to African cultures, including “Jésus-Christ sauveur : le mystère des deux natures: perspective africaine,” his doctorate thesis in theology at the University of Strasbourg. Because of his prominence as a religious leader, he was asked to lead the Preliminary Committee for the National Debate in 2003, which was meant to find a way of ending the cycle of coups and civil war in the country. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zokoué, Isaac 1944 births 2014 deaths Central African Republic Christians Central African Republic clergy Christian theologians University of Strasbourg alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Heads Of State Of The Central African Republic
This article lists the heads of state of the Central African Republic. There have been seven heads of state of the Central African Republic and the Central African Empire since independence was obtained from the French on 13 August 1960. This list includes not only those persons who were sworn into office as President of the Central African Republic but also those who served as ''de facto'' heads of state. Jean-Bédel Bokassa served as a ''de facto'' head of state (and also reigned as Emperor from 1976 to 1979), while David Dacko (who served as ''de facto'' head of state from 1979 to 1981), André Kolingba, Ange-Félix Patassé, and François Bozizé were elected into office at some point during their tenure. To date, Kolingba is the only former head of state of the Central African Republic to voluntarily step down from the office through a democratic process, following the 1993 general election. The current President of the Central African Republic is Faustin-Archange Touad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Faustin-Archange Touadéra (; born 21 April 1957) is a Central African Republic, Central African politician and academic who has been List of heads of state of the Central African Republic, President of the Central African Republic since March 2016. He previously was Heads of government of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from January 2008 to January 2013. In the 2015–16 Central African general election, December 2015 – February 2016 presidential election, he was elected to the presidency in a second round of voting against former Prime Minister Anicet Georges Dologuélé. He was 2020–21 Central African general election, re-elected for a second term on 27 December 2020. Early life and education Touadéra was born in Bangui; the son of a driver and a farmer, his family was originally from Damara, Central African Republic, Damara, to the north of Bangui. He received his secondary education at the Barth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Nzapayeké
André Nzapayeké (born 20 August 1951) was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, in an interim capacity, from January to August 2014. Early career Nzapayeké was born on 20 August 1951 in Bangassou, French Equatorial Africa. The son of a pastor who also worked as a trader, he was a bright student who received a scholarship to study social anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. Nzapayeké worked in Central Africa in the development sector, studying many villages of the country. Later, he worked as a consultant, and also taught at the University. In the early 1990s, he was in the Security Council of the Government. He was briefly Minister of Rural Development under André Kolingba. A technocrat, Nzapayeké rose to secretary-general of the African Development Bank and vice president of the Development Bank of Central African States from 2010 to 2012. Within the Development Bank, he worked on the implementation of the peace agreements between the various parties d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoch Derant Lakoué
Enoch Derant Lakoué (born 5 October 1944) is a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 26 February 1993 to 25 October 1993. Early life Lakoué was born on 5 October 1944 in Fort Lamy (now N'Djamena), Chad. He is a member of the Gbaya ethnic group. From 1960 to 1962 he studied at the Lycée Emile-Gentil in Bangui and subsequently studied economics.Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 390 Political career He was appointed deputy director of trade and industry on 16 February 1968, and was promoted to director of industry on 1 February 1969. President Jean-Bedel Bokassa named Lakoué minister of transportation on 25 June 1970. He was named industry minister on 19 August and trade minister on 25 November. Lakoué was appointed minister of finance, industry, and trade on 29 December 1971, serving in this role until 27 October 1972. Afterwards he served as director general of the Banque de developpement des etats de l'Afrique centrale (BDEAC) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidèle Gouandjika
Fidèle Gouandjika (born 20 February 1955), nicknamed The billionaire of Boy-Rabe, is a wealthy Central African businessman and politician. He held two different ministerial positions under the Bozize government. Gouandjika was the first person who introduced Qwan Ki Do in Romania by establishing the Qwan Ki Do club in Iași in 1980. Early life and education Fidèle Gouandjika was born on 20 February 1955 in Mbaiki. He is the son of François Ngouandjika, a soldier who served for Senegalese Tirailleurs unit during the World War II. In the unknown year, Gouandjika moved to Bangui and was raised in the Boy-Rabe neighborhood. He enrolled in primary education at Boy-Rabe and completed it in 1968. He then continued high school in Lycée des Martyrs in 1968 and finished it in 1974. Later he enrolled at Lycée Barthélémy Boganda and graduated in 1977. When Bokassa proclaimed himself emperor, Gouandjika opposed it. His opposition to Bokassa led him to be jailed for three months. Gou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Démafouth
Jean-Jacques Démafouth (born November 3, 1959 in Bangui) is a political leader in the Central African Republic. He is a former Defense Minister, Presidential candidate, and is the current political leader of the APRD rebel group. He led the peace delegation of the APRD to talks with the government in December 2008. Coup arrest Démafouth was defense minister under President Ange-Felix Patasse. When a coup attempt against Patasse failed in May 2001, Démafouth was arrested for conspiracy. After a long trial against 680 defendants, Démafouth was among the 49 acquitted in October 2002 by a CAR judge for lack evidence. Démafouth fled to France, where he remained in exile for six years. During this period, the government of President François Bozizé named Démafouth as a suspect in the murder of five aides to former president, André Kolingba, himself charged in absentia with the 2001 coup attempt. Presidential bid Démafouth enrolled from exile as an Independent, as one of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
