Central African Republic

A child eats high energy biscuits in a displaced camp in Batangafo, Central African Republic. (file)
© WFP/Bruno Djoyo

UN needs $68.4 million to help Central African Republic where 2.2 million are acutely food insecure

5 July 2022
Humanitarian Aid

A sharp increase in prices of essential goods in the Central African Republic (CAR) linked to war in Ukraine, will likely have a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation there in coming weeks, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.

Valentine Rugwabiza, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

‘De facto lethargy’ in Central African Republic, despite escalating attacks

22 June 2022
Peace and Security

 

Efforts are underway to reinvigorate the Central African Republic’s political process, which has lapsed into a state of “de facto lethargy” even as horrific attacks against civilians have risen, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Téné Maïmouna Zoungrana is presented with the United Nations Trailblazer Award by Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray at a special ceremony.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Top woman prison officer with UN Mission in CAR, wins first ever Trailblazer Award

7 June 2022
Peace and Security

The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the Central African Republic’s biggest all male high-security prison, was named the winner of a prestigious new UN award on Tuesday.

A fifteen-year-old girl from the Central African Republic missed two years of school when she was a child soldier.
© UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin

Central African children in crosshairs, UN calls for their protection 

15 November 2021
Peace and Security

Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have suffered a spike in grave violations since the end of 2020, according to a new UN report on the situation in the country, issued on Monday. 

Peacekeepers from MINUSCA’s Burundian contingent on patrol in Bokengue.
MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe

Positive momentum in Central African Republic must be maintained

18 October 2021
Peace and Security

The announcement last week of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic is among recent positive steps in the country, the top UN official there told the Security Council on Monday, urging continued support for peace and reconciliation efforts. 

Formed Police Units of MINUSCA patrolling Bangui, capital of CAR and its surroundings to strengthen security and reassure the population, 18 December 2020.
MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio

Ceasefire in Central African Republic a ‘critical step’: UN chief

16 October 2021
Peace and Security

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic (CAR), his spokesperson said in a statement issued on Saturday.

UN peacekeepers patrol Bakouma in the Central African Republic.
MINUSCA/Herve Cyriauqe Serefio

Central African Republic entrenched in ‘unprecedented humanitarian crisis’ 

23 June 2021
Peace and Security

Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Central African reporter Merveille Noella Mada-Yayoro reporting on conditions at Birao IDP camp. for Guira FM, the UN peace mission's radio in CAR.
MINUSCA

First Person: An on-air antidote to misinformation in the Central African Republic

12 June 2021
Peace and Security

The citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have endured decades of war and conflict. Merveille Yayoro, a young reporter at Guira-FM, the radio station run by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA), says that she wants her work to provide an antidote to hate speech and misinformation, and help bring about a lasting peace.

A woman and her young sons stand in front of their shelter in a camp for displaced people in Baboua, Central African Republic.
© UNICEF/Florent Vergnes

370,000 children displaced in Central African Republic; highest level since 2014

28 April 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Child displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR) has now reached its highest level since 2014, according to the latest estimates from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), warning of the mounting risks children face.

A peacekeeper with MINUSCA, the UN mission in the Central African Republic, explains to two young boys how to properly apply hand sanitizer as protection against coronavirus.
MINUSCA/Indonesia FPU

Central African Republic: Rights experts concerned over ‘Russian advisers’ and close contacts with UN peacekeepers

31 March 2021
Human Rights

UN-appointed independent rights experts on Wednesday raised concerns over the recruitment and use of private military and foreign security contractors by the Government of the Central African Republic, and their apparent close contacts with UN peacekeepers there.