- Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Directory of female experts within CAR defence and security forces to boost women leadership
Women in uniform in the Central African Republic are counting on a newly launched Defence Forces Official Directory of Female Experts to help push for better representation of women in decision-making positions. The document…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by anti-Balaka elements against local officials on 15 March in Grimari, Ouaka Prefecture. United Nations peacekeepers confronted the attackers and one Burundian…
Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 15 March 2020 by anti-Balaka elements against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)…
The Secretary-General : Appeal for global cease-fire
Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly. Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world. The most vulnerable —…
Adrienne Njuikam: a committed and passionate UN Police Officer
Bimbo, Central African Republic – United Nations Police Officer (UNPOL) Adrienne Njuikam says she has never been one to be fazed by a challenge – a conviction that is serving her well in her current role as head of the…
Central African Republic: UN expert calls for urgent ceasefire to protect population from COVID-19
GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The Central African Republic (CAR) is struck by the COVID-19 pandemic and is heading towards a certain health disaster if hostilities do not stop immediately, said Yao Agbetse, UN Independent Expert…
The Vakaga prefecture gears up efforts to stop the spread of Coronavirus
Preventing the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has dominated the MINUSCA agenda for weeks and will continue in the next. Its regional office consequently answered the Birao sub-prefect’s call to take action and…
As Covid-19 cases grow in CAR, MINUSCA supports government in urgent response to halt virus spread
The eleventh case of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Central African Republic – confirmed on 8 April 2020 by the country’s Ministry of Health – is shining a light on MINUSCA efforts to help halt the spread of the…
CAR government reinforces military presence in Birao
Following the clashes which befell Birao (Vakaga prefecture) over recent months, the Government of the Central African Republic has reinforced the presence of its Armed Forces (FACA) in the area with 142 soldiers, in an…
MINUSCA committed to supporting CAR authorities in the COVID-19 response
Since the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) reached the Central African Republic – with 11 confirmed cases so far according to the Ministry of Health – the country has geared up efforts to protect its population against the…
The Bangui Juvenile Court receives equipment to boost justice for minors
Bangui, Central African Republic – MINUSCA today handed over a batch of office equipment to the Bangui Juvenile Court – part of a phased refurbishment project aimed at enhancing the functioning of the institution’s day-to-day…
Rwanda donates COVID-19 testing device to CAR
The MINUSCA Rwanda Contingent has donated a COVID-19 screening device to the Central African Republic (CAR). The machine will accelerate testing of suspected cases of infection as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in…