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With schools once again opening their doors to students in the Central African Republic (CAR) following a months-long hiatus brough on by the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), MINUSCA peacekeepers brought some cheer to the…

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…

On 5 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013)concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individual to be added to its list of individuals and entities: A…

The Security Council today decided to extend its sanctions regime against the Central African Republic for one year, including an arms and ammunition embargo with some exemptions, while also renewing the mandate of its…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) paid its last respects to Sergeant Major Edouard Nsabiyaremye, a peacekeeper from the Rwandan contingent who…

70 members of the marginalized and vulnerable group of sex workers, represented by their association in the Central African Republic (CAR), attended an educational session on preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)…

Each year, on Nelson’s Mandela’s birthday, we pay tribute to an extraordinary global advocate for equality, dignity and solidarity. Madiba was a moral giant of the 20th century, whose timeless legacy continues to guide us…

On a tour of eight voter registration centres in Bangui on Saturday, 11 July 2020, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (DSRSG) and Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, called…

MINUSCA, today 8 July 2020, held a virtual memorial ceremony in honour of nine peacekeepers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the past four months. “This is the first time we have mourned so many colleagues in one…