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Barely a week since holding a memorial ceremony for two of its peacekeepers, MINUSCA personnel gathered at the Mission’s headquarters in Bangui on 26 January 2021 to, once again, mourn the passing of two more blue helmets…

The top UN official in the Central African Republic (CAR) appealed to the Security Council on Thursday for more peacekeepers and equipment amid escalating violence surrounding elections last month. Mankeur Ndiaye, head of the…

In the northwest of the Central African Republic, the threat of the 3Rs (Retour, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) and other armed groups is once again hanging over the prefecture of Ouham-Pendé. In Bocaranga, peacekeepers from…

One day after a rebel attack at PK12 on the outskirts of Bangui, the MINUSCA Force Commander General Daniel Sidiki Traoré paid a visit to several local neighbourhoods on 14 January 2021. A peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed…

The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Central African Republic (CAR), Denise Brown, visited the National Elections Authority Data Processing Centre in Bangui on 29 December, to assess the…

The 2020/2021 presidential and legislative elections are underway in the Central African Republic (CAR). Voters turned out early to cast their votes in the 27 December 2020 general elections as the country goes to the polls…

We talk to a first-time voter about her hopes and dreams as she heads to the polls to cast her ballot in the 2020/2021 presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic. Tell us about yourself. I am Lorna…

Professor Danièle Darlan sits atop one of, if not the most influential institution in the country – the Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic (CAR). For three years, she has steered the establishment that will…

Security is high on the electoral agenda as the general elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), set to begin on 27 December 2020, approach – reason for MINUSCA to conduct electoral security training for female…

The MINUSCA Burundi Contingent handed over two newly-renovated structures to local authorities in the Central African Republic’s Ombela Mpoko and Njoukou sub-prefectures. The commander of the 750-strong Burundi Contingent…

Hundreds of women peacefully marched through the main streets of the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui today to demand for inclusive, violence-free elections. “ All we want is peace,” sang the participants who donned…

The Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic has a new home in Bangui – officially inaugurated on Friday, 13 November 2020 by Head of State Faustin Archange Touadéra, in the presence of the Deputy Special…