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

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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Leconte plans Bokassa project "Carlos" producer Daniel Leconte is developing a film-TV hybrid project about Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the late dictator of the 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.