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The UN Security Council unanimously decided Tuesday to extend its sanctions regime against the Central African Republic for one year, including an arms and ammunition embargo with some exemptions, while also renewing the mandate of its related Panel of Experts for 13 months. The Council decided that Member States should continue to prevent the supply, […]
Janjaweed leader Mohamed Ali Addelraman, aKs Ali Kushayb, was transferred this Tuesday morning, from Bangui airport, in the Central African Republic, to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. He has been wanted since 2007 in the ICC investigations of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Darfur conflict back in 2003 […]
The European Commission has set up an EU humanitarian air bridge to transport humanitarian workers and emergency supplies for the coronavirus response to some of most critical areas around the world. The first EU flight, operated in cooperation with France, is flying from Lyon to the Central African Republic this Friday. It will transport around […]
The government of Central African Republic has recruited about 1,000 police officers to beef up security in the war-stricken nation. The new officers attended a ceremony of the presentation of their country’s flag upon graduating after a 45-day training, Africanews reported. According to Bruno Ouayalo, Director of the National Gendarmerie School, the ceremony […]
Twelve members of an armed group died in a clash with UN peacekeepers and government troops as they tried to enter a city in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR). The fighting erupted on Sunday after the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa (FPRC) entered the flashpoint town of Birao before being repelled, government […]
The European Commission announced this Wednesday the extension of the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (CAR) until the end of 2020. The Bêkou Trust Fund (meaning “hope” in Sango) was created in July 2014 to address the political and security crisis of 2013 in CAR and remains a critical instrument to […]
The World Bank Group approved a $45 million loan to the Central African Republic to support the construction of a solar power plant near capital Bangui. The project, to have a capacity of 25 MW, will accelerate the economic development of the country, according to the government. The implementation is scheduled to begin in August […]
The Moroccan contingent taking part in the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) completed another heroic act by liberating 15 hostages that were held by the Ugandan militia known as the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). The operation was jointly conducted with CAR armed forces in the village of Koumbou east of […]
Commemorating United Nations Day alongside UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the sacrifices made by uniformed personnel in the service of peace, including the Moroccan contingent, which lost some of its members in the line of duty. Guterres, who visited the Bangassou local base of the UN Multidimensional […]
Morocco, acting chair of the UN Peacebuilding commission, has called for the reinforcement of the capacities of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The call was made by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita during a high-level meeting held Tuesday in New York on the situation in the Central […]