Tag: Criminal justice

Criminal justice a rare commodity in Central African Republic

by Amaury Hauchard Agence France-Presse BOUAR, Central African Republic (AFP) – At Bouar appeal court, presiding judge Aime Pascal Delimo twiddles his thumbs, surveys his empty office and then, with a sigh, closes his door to leave early. Delimo wields jurisdiction over territory in western Central African Republic (CAR) that is the size of Austria. Violent crime here is chronic. But he has no work. In one of the world’s poorest countries, the criminal justice system in […]