News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Dear friends around the world, Happy New Year. When I took office one year ago, I appealed for 2017 to be a year for peace. Unfortunately – in fundamental ways, the world has gone in reverse. On New Year’s Day 2018, I am not issuing an appeal. I am issuing an alert -- a red alert for our world…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) strongly condemns the violence that has resulted in loss of life and population displacement in Paoua (North West). According to preliminary reports, armed men of the Revolution Justice (RJ…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) categorically rejects recent allegations printed in the article: "Paoua: MINUSCA caught in the act of supplying elements of General Bahar with arms and ammunitions." The article – which was…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) condemns the ongoing violence between the Revolution and Justice (RJ) group under the command of Armel Ningatoloum Sayo , and the National Movement for the Liberation of Central African Republic (MNLC)…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) strongly condemns the attack on a civilian hospital in Ouaka prefecture by the armed groups UPC (Mouvement pour l’Unité et la Paix en Centrafrique ) and the FPRC ( Front Populaire pour la…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has been informed of an allegation of sexual abuse, by a member of the military battalion from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly deployed to MINUSCA, against a 14 year…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) takes seriously the allegations of sexual abuse committed by its troops, which were made by Bishop of Bangassou Monseigneur Aguire, in a Spanish newspaper. Rumors of these allegations were…

On the morning of 3 April, at 5 a.m., the MINUSCA temporary base in Tagbara village, located 60 km northeast of Bambari, in Ouaka prefecture, came under attack from anti-Balaka elements. The peacekeepers and assailants engaged in a firefight over the course of several hours, during which a blue…

An unprecedented volume of landmines and unexploded weapons contaminates rural and urban war zones, maiming and killing innocent civilians long after conflict has ended. Mine action is vital. Roads cleared of explosive devices enable peacekeepers to patrol and protect civilians. And when fields are…

On Sunday 8 April at 2:00 a.m. the Central African Armed Defense Forces (FACA), Internal Security Forces (ISF), and MINUSCA launched a joint disarmament and arrest operation targeting the bases of criminal groups in the PK5 neighborhood of Bangui. The residents of PK5 have repeatedly called on…

Following an operation on 8 April conducted jointly with the Central African army and internal security forces in the PK5 neighbourhood of Bangui, MINUSCA continued its efforts in the area to avoid an escalation of violence beyond the neighbourhood. In this critical context, over the course of four…

We, representatives of the African Union and the United Nations, decided to undertake a joint visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) to express our solidarity and full support to the Central African people and for the peace process in the Central African Republic. We also share a message of…