Press releases

  • 13 May 2017 - Overnight from 12 to 13 May, members of a wide coalition, including anti-Balaka elements attacked civilian populations, targeting in particular Muslims, in the Tokoyo neighborhood of Bangassou in southeastern Central African Republic.
  • 12 May 2017 - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) held a memorial ceremony today in honour of five peacekeepers who lost their lives as a result of an attack on their convoy on 8 May 2017 in the southeastern part of the country.
  • 12 May 2017 - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) regrets to confirm the death of the Moroccan peacekeeper previously reported as missing in action after the attack of 8 May 2017 in south eastern Central African Republic.
  • 10 May 2017 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on 8 May, on the Rafai-Bangassou axis, in the south east of the Central African Republic. The attack led to the death of four peacekeepers while ten others have been evacuated to Bangui. One peacekeeper is still missing.
  • 09 May 2017 - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is deeply saddened to confirm that three of the four peacekeepers that were missing in action since yesterday’s attack have been found dead. The fourth peacekeeper remains missing in action.
  • 09 May 2017 - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) strongly condemns the attack on one of its convoys Monday night, near Bangassou (474 km east of Bangui).
  • 11 Apr 2017 - MINUSCA has learned with dismay the attack on one of its staff while performing her duties on Tuesday morning in Bambari (Central CAR). MINUSCA’s official was wounded in the head while her team went to the village of Bornou to investigate the death of an individual. The MINUSCA convoy was targeted by some stone-throwing demonstrators who broke the windows of the vehicles, causing the injury of the official who is currently undertaking treatment.
  • 04 Apr 2017 - The Security Council expresses concern at the ongoing clashes between armed groups, in particular around Bambari in the Ouaka prefecture, and, most recently, in Bakouma in the Mbomou prefecture, which have caused heavy civilian losses and significant population displacement.
  • 28 Feb 2017 - Verified information shows that the Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC)’s coalition is distributing weapons to youth in Ippy, Ouaka prefecture (centre of the Central African Republic), in order to continue its offensive on Bambari in a clear violation of the line set up by United Nations forces. MINUSCA firmly condemns such maneuvers which, if implemented, would seriously endanger the lives of innocent populations and lead to further attacks on peacekeepers.
  • 27 Feb 2017 - Three members of the coalition led by the Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC), whose offensive towards Bambari (center of Central African Republic) was stopped by the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on Sunday, are currently on Mission premises. Central African judicial authorities, with the support of MINUSCA, will proceed to question them about their presence in the vicinity of the city.

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