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On 26 October, 2020, Birao (capital of Vakaga, located about 1,300 km from Bangui) attended the first public session of his Court after several years without a hearing, to rule on alleged irregularities reported by an elected…

Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) – With the twin threats of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and malaria still very much present in Birao, northern CAR – the Female Engagement Team of the Zambian Contingent rolled…

The UN Secretary-General has called for parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to prioritize national dialogue and consensus-building ahead of elections scheduled to begin in December. “The coming period will be…

It was with a rallying cry to ‘silence the guns’ that the project for the “Voluntary surrender of weapons and ammunition held by the population” was officially launched in the Central African Republic (CAR) by Head of State…

There is a new addition to the landscape of Bocaranga town in the Ouham-Pende prefecture in the north of the Central African Republic: a new metal bridge constructed by the MINUSCA Peruvian Engineering Contingent is improving…

Residents of the Bangui’s Kilometre 5 (PK5) neighbourhood, local authorities government representatives and MINUSCA leadership gathered, on Monday September 14, 2020, at the Commissariat of the city’s 3 rd arrondissement to…

Security Sector Reform (SSR) – a prerequisite for stabilizing the whole of the Central African Republic (CAR) – has been boosted by the recruitment of over 1,000 new officers to the country’s Internal Security Forces. 800…

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…

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)…

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…

“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)…