News

Briefing the General Assembly on the challenges being faced and progress being made to end the exploitation and abuse by United Nations peacekeepers, senior UN officials today indicated that immediate concerns have been…

More than three years of violence have dismantled the already very fragile health structures in the Central African Republic (CAR), bringing the government service delivery capacity to a complete stop, and leaving thousands…

The top United Nations official in the Central African Republic (CAR) met this week with the new National Assembly, which took office after a series of successful elections supported by UN peacekeepers in the country. Parfait…

Rarely have parliamentary sessions attracted so many people. Besides the MPs and their supporters, ordinary citizens attended this crucial moment in the country’s democratic life. On May 3, within the grounds of the National…

Thanks to a donation from MINUSCA approximately 1,500 young people, girls and boys, of Bossangoa have from now on access to computers in the city’s multimedia centre. The new computers will allow them to access training and…

They have decided to turn the page in CAR by giving up violence. They have disarmed and now want to return to civilian life. Under the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process, some 3…

In Lakouanga, Bangui, life has returned to normal and everyone goes about his every day activities. Once again the streets are alive, the children play outside and traders have reopened their shops and stalls. Yet in the…

The Secretary-General met today with the President of the Central African Republic, H.E. Mr. Faustin Archange Touadéra. The Secretary-General congratulated Mr. Touadéra on his recent election and the timely formation of a…

Sport is a unique and powerful tool for promoting dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of every member of the human family. It is a driving force for positive social change. That is why some of the world’s greatest…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Balla Keïta of Senegal as the Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the…

NEW YORK / PRN Africa / — As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for general elections, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today that her Office will record any instance of violence and that…

The G8-CAR welcomes the enthusiasm of the population, which massively voted in the 13 December referendum and the commitment of the transitional authorities: the Presidency, the National Transitional Council (CNT), and the…