Alex Thomson
Central African Republic: peacekeeping or ethnic cleansing?
African and French troops have realised the only way they can protect Bangui’s Muslims is to escort them out of the Central African Republic.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Sobering reading: UN report on Central African Republic
Here at Channel 4 News we try hard to keep the plight of people in the Central Africa Republic on the radar – and Monday’s UN report makes for sobering reading.
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Alex Thomson
Hanging laundry on helicopters as Chadians flee the Central African Republic
Soldiers from Chad are escorting Chadian nationals out of the Central African Republic as looting and violence continues.
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Alex Thomson
Nightly quest for safety at CAR’s Bangui airport
With dusk approaching at Bangui’s airport, a sense of “something happening” hangs over the place – and with it, the urgency to get somewhere more secure than on the streets.
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Alex Thomson
Saved from the horror: French rescue British woman in Central African Republic
Channel 4 New Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson tracks down a British woman in the lawless Central African Republic. Only French troops can save her and her family from the men with machetes.
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Alex Thomson
They frisk you for weapons but keep finding machetes here
At the Don Bosco Catholic educational institute in Bangui, they frisk you for weapons at the door but still keep finding machetes here.