News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

19 January 2015 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has announced the capture of Rodrigue Ngaibona, leader of the anti-Balaka militia, in what is being hailed as the Mission’s first high-profile arrest of 2015. Addressing the daily press briefing at UN…

22 January 2015 – Strongly condemning the resurgence of deadly violence across the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Security Council today reinvigorated its sanctions against those individuals implicated in the country’s ongoing sectarian tensions which have pushed it to the brink…

Bangui, 24 January 2015 - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomes the release of the French aid worker and the Central African religious man on Friday 23 January 2015. MINUSCA reiterates its strong and unequivocal…

The Head of the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP) in Africa, Abdoulaye Dieye, began today a week-long visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), calling on international partners to intensify their support for the country's ongoing transition process. “It's now or never for partners who…

A soldier from the Burundian contingent, deployed in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), died in Bangui on Sunday 8 February 2015, following gunshots by one of his comrades. MINUSCA immediately ordered an investigation to…

As part of its contribution to the restoration of the State authority throughout the country and in accordance with its mandate of protection of civilians, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), supported by the French Force…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomes the release of the Central African Minister of Youth and Sports, Armel Ningatoloum Sayo, which occurred on the evening of Tuesday 10 February 2015. This positive outcome is the…

Guira FM the radio station of the United Nations Multidimensional integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) began operations in Kaga-Bandoro and can be heard on 93.3. The station’s signal that was detected last Thursday enables the radio station to relay 24/7 its…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) deplores the beginning of a disinformation campaign, which spreads messages of division and hate to local populations to hamper the robust actions undertaken by the Mission in the context…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is concerned by the renewed communal violence that has recently occurred in Bangui and in other parts of the country. Several acts of barbarism were indeed committed. Such setbacks…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Central African Republic, Babacar Gaye, met on Friday in Luanda the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Chicoti, to discuss the peace process in the Central African Republic. The Head of the United Nations…

As part of his regular field visits, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Central African Republic, Babacar Gaye went, on Saturday 28 February 2015, to Bossangoa to inquire about recent developments in the Ouham province. During his visit, the Head of the…