CAR

Refugees cross into Chad by foot from the Central African Republic (CAR). (file)
© IOM/ Craig Murphy

News in Brief 29 January 2021

29 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Central African Republic crisis forces 200,000 from homes in under two months 
  • ‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be halted, urges UN human rights office 
  • Venezuela: UN rights expert to assess impact of unilateral sanctions  
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The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK.
University of Oxford/John Cairns

News in Brief 19 January 2021

19 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UN health agency underlines dangers of ‘vaccinationalism’ over COVID-19 
  • Mass protest calls in Haiti, raise spectre of fresh rights violations 
  • UN mourns peacekeepers killed in continuing Central African Republic violence 
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A woman walks in Taiz, a war-ravaged city in Yemen, split by a frontline.
© WFP/Hussam Al-Sharmani

News in Brief 14 January 2021

14 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UN emergency relief chief warns over fallout of U.S. Yemen Houthi terror label
  • Four UN peacekeepers killed, five wounded in attack in Mali
  • Countries urged to speed up climate change preparation to protect against shocks
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3'9"
Over 12,000 people have reportedly fled the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
© UNHCR/Ghislaine Nentobo

Central African Republic: Post-election violence triggers mass displacement  

8 January 2021
Migrants and Refugees

Amidst post-election violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), more than 200,000 people have fled for their own safety, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.    

View of the Capitol Building in Washington DC
UN News/ Mikhail Baranyuk

News in Brief 8 January 2021

8 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Rights chief Bachelet echoes condemnation of incitement in US Capitol chaos 
  • Mass displacement amid Central African Republic election violence 
  • Vietnam arrests of journalists ‘part of clampdown on freedom of expression’ 
  • UN’s global post-COVID poll: The long and short of what 1.5 million people want 
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A refugee from Tigray waits in line with her baby to receive food in the Um Rakuba refugee settlement in Sudan.
WFP/Arete/Joost Bastmeijer

News in Brief 5 January 2021

5 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UNHCR relocates first Ethiopian refugees to new site in Sudan
  • UN appeals to spoilers in Central African Republic election to respect poll results
  • Mounting concern for Bosnia’s migrants left in freezing conditions
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Peacekeepers from the UN mission in the CAR on patrol in Mbomou Prefecture. (file photo)
MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe

News in Brief 29 December 2020

29 December 2020
News in Brief
  • US sanctions slowing Syria rebuilding: UN independent expert
  • Netherlands violates nationality rights: UN rights committee
  • Security Council condemns blue helmet killings in CAR
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Migrants walking at what remains of the Lipa Emergency Tent Camp in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, after it was destroyed in a fire.
IOM 2020/Ervin Causevic

News in Brief 28 December 2020

28 December 2020
News in Brief
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Migrant lives at ‘immediate risk’, warn UN agencies 
  • UN peacekeepers patrol polling stations during CAR elections 
  • World must prepare for the next pandemic, UN urges  
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Various polling centres in the capital Bangui in Central African Republic before the presidential election
Herve Serefio

Central African Republic: Pre-election violence ‘must stop’ – UN envoy 

24 December 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Days before Sunday’s election, armed clashes in the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted the “serious concern” of the UN aid coordinator in the country. 

 

MINUSCA has deployed police units in the capital, Bangui and its surroundings following attacks by armed groups to the north-west of the city.
MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio

News in Brief 23 December 2020

23 December 2020
News in Brief
  • Fears grow over pre-election violence close to Central African Republic capital 
  • Press freedom more important than ever, says UN body, condemns killing of 59 media workers 
  • Rights expert: Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court of appeals’ must consider minority rights  
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