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Rodrigue le Roi Benga

Central African Republic - Correspondent

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Rodrigue le Roi Benga

Rodrigue Le Roi Benga is a journalist specialising in justice and human rights, science, economics and the environment. A graduate of the Department of Information and Communication Sciences at Bangui University, he has been deputy editor-in-chief of Radio Ndeke Luka since 2020. Radio Ndeke Luka is the most listened-to media outlet in the Central African Republic, created and supported by Fondation Hirondelle.

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Ndélé 1 trial before the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic: the 4 defendants line up at the bar in orange prison garb.
Central African Republic: the end of the trial of the four rebels who “did nothing’
18 November 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (our correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)
The second trial of the Special Criminal Court in Bangui came to an end on Thursday 14 November 2024, after the parties' closing arguments. The verdict will be announced for 13 December 2024 in the so-called “Ndélé 1” case, in whi [...]
Reparations (financial compensation) from the Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic. Photo: A boy pulls two oxen carrying bags of peanuts in Paoua. Central African Republic reparations: what victims say about first payments
15 October 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (our correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)
In mid-September, the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic announced it had implemented reparations for the victims of two massacres in 2019, the subject of its first trial. What do the beneficiaries have to say [...]
In the Central African Republic, the eleven commissioners of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CVJRR) were dismissed in May 2024. Photo: The commissioners of the CVJRR pose outdoors. Central African Republic: why the Truth Commission was dismissed
21 June 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (our correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)
The Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (CVJRR) of the Central African Republic has been sacked and replaced. On May 3 2024, it saw a unit of the internal security forces close its offices. Later, the governme [...]
Ndélé 1 trial before the Special Criminal Court (CPS) - Photo: Azor Kalite, Charfadine Moussa, Antar Hamat and Oscar Wordjonodroba stand behind their lawyers in their orange prison uniforms. At Ndélé’s first trial, in the Central African Republic
30 May 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (our correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)
On December 5, 2023, the Special Criminal Court (CPS), a UN-backed hybrid tribunal based in Bangui, opened its second trial, devoted to the so-called “Ndélé 1” case, a conflict between communities that claimed the lives of over 80 [...]
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In the Central African Republic, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) is expected to decide reparation for victims. Photo: First trial of the Special Criminal Court in Bangui, in 2022.
19 March 2024 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (our correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)
Reparations: Special Criminal Court opts for pragmatism One year and six months after its first verdict, handed down in October 2022, the Special Criminal Court (CPS) is expected to carry out one of its most delicate tasks: compensating victims. Reparation for the harm resulting from t [...]
Abdoulaye Hissène accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic - Reading of a report
14 September 2023 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (correspondent in Bangui, Central African Republic)
Central African Republic: Abdoulaye Hissène caught in Special Criminal Court After failure to arrest Hassan Bouba, Abdoulaye Hissène is the second big fish to be caught by the Special Criminal Court, a hybrid tribunal sitting in Bangui. Hissène, former military leader of the Front populaire pour la renaiss [...]
Women whose relatives have been victims of violence in the Central African Republic
7 February 2023 by Rodrigue le Roi Benga (in Bangui, Central African Republic)
Central African Republic: Truth Commission struggles to get off the ground The Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission presented its activity report to the Central African Republic’s President on December 30, 2022, more than 18 months after it was launched. But the brief account of its a [...]