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Central African Republic: UN expert calls for urgent ceasefire to protect population from COVID-19

GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The Central African Republic (CAR) is struck by the COVID-19 pandemic and is heading towards a certain health disaster if hostilities do not stop immediately, said Yao Agbetse, UN Independent Expert on the si

26 Mar 2020

Adrienne Njuikam: a committed and passionate UN Police Officer

Bimbo, Central African Republic – United Nations Police Officer (UNPOL) Adrienne Njuikam says she has never been one to be fazed by a challenge – a conviction that is serving her well in her current role as head of the MINUSCA team

23 Mar 2020

The Secretary-General : Appeal for global cease-fire

Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19.

The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly.

Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world.

23 Mar 2020

Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 15 March 2020 by anti-Balaka elements against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Grimari (prefecture of Ouaka), in t

17 Mar 2020

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic

17 Mar 2020

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by anti-Balaka elements against local officials on 15 March in Grimari, Ouaka Prefecture. United Nations peacekeepers confronted the attackers and one Burundian peacekeeper was killed.

16 Mar 2020

Directory of female experts within CAR defence and security forces to boost women leadership

11 Mar 2020

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of MINUSCA civilian staff member in the town of Ndélé in the Central African Republic

The Secretary‑General strongly condemns the killing of a colleague serving with the United Nations stabilization mission in Ndélé, Central African Republic, allegedly by the Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC) combatants.

09 Mar 2020