Ban makes personal radio appeal to people of Central African Republic to end bloodshed
13 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is taking to the airwaves today to make a personal appeal to the citizens of the strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) to end the bloodshed that is tearing their country apart with increasing inter-communal violence between Christians and Muslims…
Strife-torn Central African Republic faces looming food crisis, UN warns
16 December 2013 – The Central African Republic (CAR), wracked by conflict that has killed thousands of people and driven more than half a million from their homes over the past year, is now facing a looming food crisis, the United Nations warned today, calling for urgent action to provide crop…
As situation worsens, UN refugee agency sends more staff to Central African Republic
17 December 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency said today it has deployed additional emergency teams in the Central African Republic (CAR), where some 210,000 people have been forcibly displaced by violence in the last two weeks in the embattled capital, Bangui. “In Bangui, our staff are…
High-level UN representatives travel to Central African Republic
17 December – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui and the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, are travelling to the Central African Republic (CAR) from 17 to 21 December to assess the impact of the conflict on…
Return to normalcy in Bangui, but situation remains fragile
19 December 2013 - There is a return to normalcy in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), but the situation remains fragile and unpredictable. That's according to Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Central African Republic (CAR)…
UN experts urge parties to ‘pull back from the brink’ of all-out war
19 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today urged all parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed clashes have escalated in recent weeks leading to deaths and population displacement, to step back from the brink of all-out sectarian conflict.…
UN urges CAR leaders to stop stoking violence on the basis of religion
20 December 2013: United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says political leaders in the Central African Republic were manipulating religious differences in the country to incite civilians into violence. The high commissioner says these developments are extremely worrying and should ring alarm…
UN urges CAR leaders to stop stoking violence on the basis of religion
20 December 2013: United Nations Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says political leaders in the Central African Republic were manipulating religious differences in the country to incite civilians into violence. The high commissioner says these developments are extremely worrying and should ring alarm…
UN experts urge parties to ‘pull back from the brink’ of all-out war
19 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today urged all parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed clashes have escalated in recent weeks leading to deaths and population displacement, to step back from the brink of all-out sectarian conflict.…
Return to normalcy in Bangui, but situation remains fragile
19 December 2013 - There is a return to normalcy in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), but the situation remains fragile and unpredictable. That's according to Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Central African Republic (CAR)…
High-level UN representatives travel to Central African Republic
17 December – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui and the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, are travelling to the Central African Republic (CAR) from 17 to 21 December to assess the impact of the conflict on…
As situation worsens, UN refugee agency sends more staff to Central African Republic
17 December 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency said today it has deployed additional emergency teams in the Central African Republic (CAR), where some 210,000 people have been forcibly displaced by violence in the last two weeks in the embattled capital, Bangui. “In Bangui, our staff are…