Central African Republic

UN Photo/Jean Claude Bitsure

UN peacekeeping chief wraps up trip to Central African Republic as Mission reaches full strength

28 April 2015
The United Nations peacekeeping chief finished a four-day trip to the Central African Republic today, his visit to the country coinciding with the UN stabilization Mission there achieving full operational capability for the first time.
OCHA/Gemma Cortes

UN warns Central African Republic is becoming largest forgotten humanitarian crisis

27 April 2015
The Central African Republic (CAR) is quickly becoming the largest forgotten humanitarian crisis of our time with some 60 percent of its population in need of aid, including nearly 900,000 people forcibly displaced by conflict, but assistance programmes remain “dramatically underfunded,” the United Nations refugee agency said today.
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UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz

Situation improves in Central African Republic but challenges remain

15 April 2015
General News

Violence and criminality remain a challenge in the Central African Republic, but there are signs of improvement.

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UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

At Security Council, UN official says Central African Republic transition at ‘critical stage’

14 April 2015
Amidst a tentative political transition, the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains tenuous as sectarian tensions continue to simmer and the severity of the country’s humanitarian crisis increases, the top United Nations official in the African country warned today.
UN Photo/Catianne Tijerina

Central African Republic: UN deplores death of protestor following attack against Mission base

10 April 2015
The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic, known by its French acronym MINUSCA, has deplored the death and injuries resulting from a mob attack against its base in the city of Kaga-Bandoro – the second violent act of this kind in less than a week.