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652 new police officers – among them 183 women – were welcomed into the ranks of the Internal Security Forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) during a ceremony held at the National Police Academy in Bangui on 25 August…
Life after prison may seem like a daunting prospect. But 22-year-old former inmate and mother-of-two, Judith Ngouvela, quickly found her feet after incarceration – thanks to vocational training she received while behind bars…
200 peacekeepers from the MINUSCA Indonesian Engineering Company were, on 17 August 2021, awarded United Nations service medals for their contribution to peace and stability in the Central African Republic (CAR). “You have…
Humanitarian workers are here to help the world’s most vulnerable people when disaster strikes. But around the world, aid workers face growing threats. In the past 20 years, shootings, kidnappings, and other attacks on…
With the promise of youth in the limelight as the 2021 International Youth Day is celebrated around the world, the MINUSCA Force organized an Open Day for young people – to help sow the seeds of peacekeeping, to help inspire…
As the seventh largest contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping operations at present, the Arab Republic of Egypt certainly pulls its weight in working to contribute to global peace. In the Central African Republic (CAR), 990…
The donation from the MINUSCA Cameroonian Formed Police Unit to the infirmary of the Ngaragba central men’s prison in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) might not have looked like much, but when the prison’s head nurse…
The UN peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomed 300 Rwandan peacekeepers on 3 August 2021. Deployment of the additional boots on the ground is aimed at strengthening the Mission’s capacity. The…
Plumbing is the profession of choice for 20 inmates at the Ngaragba central men’s prison in Bangui, Central African Republic. Among them is Aubin (not his real name), whose day begins with the same ritual: donning the…
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has a new police commissioner – General Christophe Kabango Bizimungu from Rwanda. He was today officially welcomed to the Mission during a ceremony held in…
For over a half-century, the Republic of Serbia has answered the United Nations call for peacekeeping in the world. Peacekeepers serving with the MINUSCA Serbian Contingent were today awarded the UN service medal for their…
The Deputy Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Central African Republic, Lizbeth Cullity, met with 80 beneficiaries of MINUSCA’s Community Violence Reduction (CVR) Programme, at two training centres – the Bon…