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The Security Council today decided to extend its sanctions regime against the Central African Republic for one year, including an arms and ammunition embargo with some exemptions, while also renewing the mandate of its related Panel of Experts for 13 months. Unanimously adopting resolution 2536…

On 5 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013)concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individual to be added to its list of individuals and entities: A. Individuals CFi.014 Name: 1: BI SIDI 2: SOULEMAN 3: na 4: na Title: na…

Security Sector Reform (SSR) – a prerequisite for stabilizing the whole of the Central African Republic (CAR) – has been boosted by the recruitment of over 1,000 new officers to the country’s Internal Security Forces. 800 police students were welcomed into the Central African Internal Security…

Residents of the Bangui’s Kilometre 5 (PK5) neighbourhood, local authorities government representatives and MINUSCA leadership gathered, on Monday September 14, 2020, at the Commissariat of the city’s 3 rd arrondissement to discuss a familiar subject – recurrent tensions and insecurity that have…

It was with a rallying cry to ‘silence the guns’ that the project for the “Voluntary surrender of weapons and ammunition held by the population” was officially launched in the Central African Republic (CAR) by Head of State Faustin Archange Toudera on Friday, 25 September 2020 at the Martyrs Avenue…

With schools once again opening their doors to students in the Central African Republic (CAR) following a months-long hiatus brough on by the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), MINUSCA peacekeepers brought some cheer to the pupils of Bamou Primary School in Kaga Bandoro (northern CAR) during a recent…

There is a new addition to the landscape of Bocaranga town in the Ouham-Pende prefecture in the north of the Central African Republic: a new metal bridge constructed by the MINUSCA Peruvian Engineering Contingent is improving accessibility and day-to-day life for the townspeople and the wider local…

Maria Kabatanya United Nations police officer Balkissa Nassamou Nana has no qualms about making it known that her gender is an invaluable asset to the work of MINUSCA’s proximity police team in the Kilometre 5 (PK5) neighbourhood of Bangui’s 3 rd arrondissement in the Central African Republic (CAR)…

The UN Secretary-General has called for parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to prioritize national dialogue and consensus-building ahead of elections scheduled to begin in December. “The coming period will be decisive for the country”, António Guterres told a high-level meeting on the…

MARIA KABATANYA A high-level virtual ministerial meeting on the Central African Republic (CAR) was organized by the United Nations on 1 October 2020, on the sidelines of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. Co-chaired by the Head of State, Faustin-Archange Touadéra and the Secretary-General…

Held on Interprefy, 1 October 2020 On 1 October 2020, a virtual High-Level Ministerial Meeting on the Central African Republic was held in the margins of the 75th ordinary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The meeting was co-chaired by the President of the Central African…

MINUSCA today delivered vital electoral and Covid-19 support to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Central African Republic (CAR) in Bangui – part of a joint MINUSCA and UNDP project to support judicial institutions in the country. 500 copies of the “Practical Guide to Electoral…