Central African Republic

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COVID ‘exacerbating existing vulnerabilities’ in Central African Republic: Lacroix

22 June 2020
Peace and Security

The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress as it prepares for presidential and legislative elections in December, but the political situation is still fragile - and security conditions volatile - amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Monday.

UN Photo/Hervé Serefio

Central African Republic: UN peacekeeper killed; Mission deplores ‘heinous act’

16 March 2020
Peace and Security

A United Nations peacekeeper from Burundi was killed on Sunday while attempting to stop an armed militant attack in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a statement released by the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA.

MINUSCA

Year-old peace agreement must be implemented for ‘lasting peace’ in Central African Republic

13 February 2020
Peace and Security

Following a visit to the Central African Republic, a UN independent expert said that everyone must take all measures necessary to effectively implement the peace agreement that was signed in Bangui a year ago.

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Central African Republic: One year after peace deal, a ‘long, steep’ road ahead to ensure child rights protections

6 February 2020
Women

A year since the signing of a peace deal between the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 armed groups, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Thursday that millions of children across the country remain threatened by violence and a lack of access to food, health care and other basic needs. 

OCHA/Karen Perrin

UN peacekeepers protecting hundreds displaced by Central African Republic fighting

15 January 2020
Peace and Security

Fresh clashes in the Central African Republic’s southeast have driven some 400 people to seek shelter at a UN base there, the United Nations Spokesperson said on Wednesday.

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Central Africans ‘need our help now’: UN’s deputy relief chief 

4 September 2019
Humanitarian Aid

“Spikes of violence” in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted new displacement, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Wednesday, calling for additional funding to meet the humanitarian needs of 2.9 million people.

MONUSCO/Michael Ali

Righting a wrong: UN Fund helps thousands of sex abuse survivors rebuild their lives

21 June 2019
UN Affairs

About 3,340 women, children and men, many of whom are victims, have been given support to recover from or help put an end to the scourge of sexual exploitation or abuse (SEA) by United Nations personnel, thanks to a Trust Fund established in 2016. On Friday, a meeting was held at UN Headquarters in New York, to report on the progress and impact made, and collect new pledges from Member States.

OCHA/Maria Rosaria Bruno

Despite peace deal, Central African Republic’s population faces daily acts of violence, UN envoy warns

20 June 2019
Peace and Security

Although the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR), armed groups and civil society representatives are all taking part in the process that followed the signing of a deal signed in February, civilians continue to suffer daily acts of violence, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday. 

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‘Negative forces’ at work in DR Congo threaten ‘largely peaceful’ relations across Great Lakes region, says outgoing UN envoy

26 March 2019
Peace and Security

The UN’s outgoing Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region on Tuesday said countries there had made “important steps towards durable peace and stability” in the last 20 years, resulting in a region that is now “largely peaceful”.

MINUSCA

UN chief welcomes establishment of inclusive government in Central African Republic

23 March 2019
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the establishment in the Central African Republic (CAR) of a government in line with an early February peace deal struck with more than a dozen armed groups active in the country.