Press releases

  • UN, ECCAS and their partners mobilized against hate speech in Central Africa
    25 Oct 2021 - Douala, 24 October 2021 - From 26 to 29 October 2021, Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, will host a regional forum to raise awareness and build the capacity of media practitioners to prevent and combat hate speech in Central Africa. The event is organized by the United...
  • G5 + JOINT PRESS RELEASE
    17 Oct 2021 - Bangui, October 16, 2021    The G5 +, a group of partner states and international institutions of the Central African Republic, welcomes the statement by the President of the Central African Republic calling for an end to military operations and all armed action throughout the...
  • PRESS RELEASE
    15 Sep 2021 -   The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has been made aware of allegations of sexual abuse of five girls, according to information received to date, involving unidentified members...
  • Central African Republic: UN report calls for urgent end to mounting human rights abuses and violations
    04 Aug 2021 - GENEVA / BANGUI (4 August 2021) – A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed groups carried out a...
  • Birao: A push for girls’ reproductive health by the Zambian contingent
    14 Jun 2021 - MARIA KABATANYA To mark Menstrual Health Week (6-12 June 2021), the Female Engagement Team of the MINUSCA Zambian contingent (ZAMBATT) and the Mission’s gender unit came together to champion girls’ reproductive health rights at the Lycée Moderne in Birao...
  • Calm in Bangui as Central Africans head to the polls
    14 Mar 2021 - Voting is underway in the second round of the legislative elections in the Central African Republic (CAR). Significantly, voters who did not have the chance to vote in the recent 27 December elections due to security constraints will also be choosing their preferred...
  • Security Council Increases Size of Central African Republic Stabilization Mission, Adopting Resolution 2566 (2021) by 14 Votes in Favour, with 1 Abstention
    12 Mar 2021 - The Security Council decided today to increase the authorized size of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) to enhance its ability to perform its priority mandated tasks “in the current evolving context”....
  • Transitional justice explained – for the blind
    12 Mar 2021 - Decades of unrelenting conflict have left countless Central Africans seeking justice. Accessing information on how to pursue justice can be especially challenging for people living with disabilities. Reason for MINUSCA and the organization ‘Action for the Promotion of Human...
  • Senegalese peacekeeper donates blood to save pregnant woman
    10 Mar 2021 - Berbérati, Central African Republic (CAR) – Police officer Ousseynou Ka, of MINUSCA’s Senegalese Formed Police Unit (FPU) deployed to the CAR’s Mambéré-Kadéi prefecture, could not remain indifferent to the distress he witnessed on 8 March 2021. While on security patrol...
  • International women’s day 2021: in the driver’s seat for peace and security
    08 Mar 2021 - International Women's Day, marked on 8 March around the world every year, recognizes women's historic struggle for the respect of their rights. In the Central African Republic (CAR), the 2021 International Women’s Day, celebrated under the theme "Investing in Peacebuilding...

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