PARISPARIS — A dilapidated French chateau that once belonged to the ruthless leader of the Central African Republic, the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, was sold for euro915,000 ($1.2 million) Wednesday, a ...

A controversial historic African leader and two Vietnamese women were involved in a unique story that joins Africa and Vietnam in a recent period of history. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, also called Bokassa I, ...

In the nightmare of the strife-torn Central African Republic, many citizens have begun to long for the "good old days" of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the emperor who became infamous for his brutality yet ...

Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the former self-proclaimed emperor of the Central African Republic who was accused of slaughtering and eating some of his critics, has died at age 75. Radio Notre Dame, the ...

2001-08-27 04:00:00 PDT Berengo, Central African Republic-- Rising up from a palm grove like a mirage, the shimmering palace of the Central African Republic's self-styled emperor, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ...

Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on 4 December 1977. He'd already been president for several years since taking power in a military coup ...

President Jean Bokassa of Central Africa Republic salutes a dance troupe an arrival in Kampala, Uganda, in 1967. [File, Standard] When a long lost Mau Mau general, Stanley Mathenge Mirugi was ...

“Carlos” producer Daniel Leconte is developing a film-TV hybrid project about Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the late dictator of the Central African Republic. The feature film and three-part TV miniseries will ...

PARIS – A dilapidated French chateau that once belonged to the ruthless leader of the Central African Republic, the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, was sold for euro915,000 ($1.2 million) Wednesday, a lawyer ...