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The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) warns armed groups, including l’Unite pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC) against any attempt to obstruct the military movement of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) from Bambari to…

While many positive steps have been taken in the Central African Republic (CAR), progress has been too slow and is continually under threat from “those who seek private gains through violence,” the United Nations envoy on the ground told the Security Council on Thursday, underscoring that restoring…

The G5, made up of representatives of the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, the World Bank, the Economic Community of Central African States, France and the United States, condemns in the strongest terms the violence that has occurred in recent days around Bambari, Bria, Kaga…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) condemns the recent attacks on civilians and peacekeepers in Pombolo, Mbomou Prefecture in which two civilians were killed and 27 injured on 17 July 2018 . Three peacekeepers were also…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) condemns the violent attacks on its peacekeepers on Thursday evening in and around the village of Pavika, located 22 km from Alindao. (Basse-Kotto Prefecture.) One peacekeeper from the…

The Secretary-General condemns the attack on 23 August by presumed anti-Balaka elements on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in which one peacekeeper from Burundi was killed. The Secretary-General offers his deepest…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack by armed elements against a convoy of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) which took place on 23 August 2018 in Pavika (prefecture of Basse-Kotto, in the south…

MINUSCA strongly condemns the killing of nine internal displaced people in Bria, Haute-Kotto prefecture (centre-east of the Central African Republic) resulting from violent clashes between FPRC and anti-Balaka armed groups. The Mission reiterates its commitment to carry out investigations to…

This year we mark International Day of Peace as we prepare to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This foundational document is a reminder that peace takes root when people are free from hunger, poverty and oppression and can thrive and prosper. With the…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has received new allegations of sexual abuse of at least three (3) minors by Mauritanian peacekeepers in southern CAR. As soon as the first allegations reached him on Monday, 24…

1. On 27 September 2018, a High-Level Ministerial Meeting on the Central African Republic was held in the margins of the 73rd ordinary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, co-chaired by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, the President of the Central…

United Nations Day marks the birthday of our founding Charter – the landmark document that embodies the hopes, dreams and aspirations of “we the peoples”. Every day, the women and men of the United Nations work to give practical meaning to that Charter. Despite the odds and the obstacles, we never…