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With the December 2020 presidential elections less than six months away, preparations for the 2020/2021 election cycle in the Central African Republic (CAR) are now underway. Voter registration commenced on Tuesday, 30 June…

Bria, Central African Republic – Peacekeepers from the MINUSCA Rwanda Contingent have constructed hundreds of cooking stoves for communities in Bria – to help improve the quality of life and create livelihoods for the local…

Various actors in the arts and culture sector in the Central African Republic (CAR) have joined hands to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. 25 artists in the fields of music, theatre, cinema, painting, literature and…

By Maria Kabatanya To mark the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression on 4 June, the MINUSCA Pakistan Contingent organized an art therapy session for children at the Polyvalent School in Kaga Bandoro, to…

As a response to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic (CAR), and specifically in Birao (North of the CAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through MINUSCA donated a number of items…

The convoy set off from Bangui’s 3rd district police station at 15:30 p.m., marking the start of the motorized patrol of 3 June 2020. At its head was the Central African National Gendarmerie. A United Nations Police (UNPOL)…

The use of face masks in public had been left to personal discretion since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. That changed on 12 June 2020, when the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) launched a campaign…

Nature is sending us a clear message. We are harming the natural world – to our own detriment. Habitat degradation and biodiversity loss areaccelerating. Climate disruption is getting worse. Fires, floods, droughts and…

United Nations Peacekeepers in Birao commemorated the International Day of Peacekeepers on 29 May with a march past by MINUSCA Zambian contingent and Central African Republic army (FACA) troops, under the theme ‘ ’Women in…

Today we honor more than one million men and women who have served as United Nations peacekeepers and the more than 3,900 who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We also express our gratitude to the 95,000 civilian…

Lieutenant Dr. Arya Khadka is a Nepali peacekeeper serving as a medical officer with the United Nations Mission (MINUSCA) in Bambari, Central African Republic , where prevention efforts are being implemented to deter the…

“It’s very gratifying for me and the Mission to see that our initiatives are bearing fruit,” said Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval Officer working with MINUSCA in the Central African Republic (CAR)…