<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bédel_Bokassa" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Bédel Bokassa">Jean-Bédel Bokassa</a>, president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a>, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empire" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central African Empire">Central African Empire</a>.