The civil parties request in particular that an international letter rogatory be launched and executed so that French investigators can, in collaboration with their Central African counterparts, go to the scene of the attack to complete their investigations. Joined by RSF, the mother of the photojournalist, Maryvonne Lepage, fears that the file will be closed while “many obscure points can still be examined if the authorities of the two countries decide to effectively combine their efforts and their logistical means to relaunch the ‘investigation with a common will to succeed.’
Bruno Makilo , journalist for Radio Maigaro , one of the two stations in Bouar in western CAR, did not attend the end of the wreath laying ceremony in front of the war memorial on Saturday 30 November, the day before the National Day