David Dacko, politician: born Bouchia, Oubangui-Chari 24 March 1930; President, Central African Republic 1960-65, 1979-81; died Yaounde, Cameroon 20 November 2003. David Dacko, twice President of the ...

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Bangui — Former Central African Republic President David Dacko died on Thursday in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, where he had been receiving medical treatment, state-owned Radio Centrafrique ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic -- Former Central African Republic president David Dacko, who was ousted from power by dictator Jean-Bedel Bokassa, has died, state radio said on Friday. Dacko, who ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Here is a timeline on the Central African Republic, which holds presidential and legislative elections on Sunday. Aug. 1960 - CAR becomes independent from France. David Dacko ...

Seventy-six year old David Dacko suffered from chronic asthma and heart disease and had been taken to a Yaounde hospital last month. He was a key figure at last month's national reconciliation talks ...

David Dacko, the first president of Central African Republic as an independent nation, has died at the age of 76, state radio said Friday. Dacko died in neighboring Cameroon on Thursday, the radio ...

The founding president of the Central African Republic, David Dacko, who has died aged 73, may well be remembered more for the fact that he was succeeded by his cousin, the flamboyant and tyrannical ...

David Dacko, who died on Thursday aged 73, was the first president of the Central African Republic after it achieved independence from France in 1960, and was perhaps fortunate to end his days in a ...