Jean-Bédel Bokassa: Journey to the Central African Republic and learn about the self-proclaimed emperor who ruled with an iron fist. Delve into Bokassa's extravagant lifestyle, ...

Join us as we explore the lives and reigns of Francisco Macias Nguema, Fulgencio Batista, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Pol Pot, and Papa Doc Duvalier. 'Big beautiful bill' could be 'most consequential ...

Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowns himself emperor in Bangui in December 1977. The former president of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, has been formally rehabilitated by presidential decree.

Pope John Paul II on Wednesday urged Christians in the Central African Republic to fight a legacy of corruption, favoritism and intolerance left by the bloody reign of ousted “emperor” Jean ...

Jean-Bédel Bokassa seized power in a coup on December 31st, 1965 and ruled what is now the Central African Republic (CAR) until he was ousted by French soldiers in 1979.

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

Photos from the ruined palace of Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa, home to several hundred rag-tag army recruits caught up in the chaos that has enveloped the Central African Republic.

Jean-Bedel Bokassa was born in a village in 1921 and named after a saint, Jean Baptiste de la Salle. He became a rifleman in the French colonial army in 1931 and quit in 1962, after attaining the rank ...

Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowns himself emperor in Bangui in December 1977. The former president of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, has been formally rehabilitated by presidential decree.