Bokassa thought for a moment — then said that his own resignation was out of the question. It was simply un-African. In due course, the French military overthrew him.

This 04 December 1977 file photo shows former Central African Republic leader Jean Bedel Bokassa during hiscoronation in Bangui in the Central African Republic.

For a time, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, who came to be known as the “Butcher of Bangui,” was the very embodiment of the extravagant African tyrant.In 1977, his country mired in poverty, the former ...

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 s ...

Auctioneers on Wednesday plan to sell a dilapidated chateau outside Paris that once belonged to one of Africa's most ruthless dictators, the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa of Central African Republic.

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.

Russia's militarized push into the devastated but mineral-rich Central African Republic is one step toward shifting Africa's power dynamic from West to East: "There will be a battle, and it will ...

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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.