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Central African Republic:
UN Reports Grave Human Rights Violations
VOA, 14 January 2014
A new United Nations report presents an appalling picture of human rights violations in the Central African Republic, including killings, kidnappings, torture, and rape. The report… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
Urgent Need for Increase in Peacekeeping Troops As CAR President Steps Down
AI London, 10 January 2014
The resignation of the Central African Republic's interim President, Michel Djotodia, risks exacerbating the risk to civilian lives, and indicates the urgent need for increased… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
Children Being Brutalized in the Central African Republic - Unicef
Unicef, 30 December 2013
Attacks against children have sunk to a vicious new low, with at least two children beheaded, and one of them mutilated, in the violence that has gripped the capital since early… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
Children Beheaded - Unicef
DW, 30 December 2013
The United Nations says at least two children have been beheaded in the Central African Republic. Fighting between Christians and Muslims intensified in the country in early… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
UN Experts Warn of Atrocities
UN News, 23 December 2013
Urgent national and international action is crucial to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from plunging into full-scale sectarian conflict and protect civilians,… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
UN Rights Official Calls for International Efforts to Avert Disaster
UN News, 20 December 2013
The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where thousands of people have been killed and 750,000 others driven from their homes, risks deteriorating even further amid… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
Violence Continues to Spiral
AfricaFocus, 19 December 2013
According to two new reports, by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, violence in the Central African Republic continues to spiral upwards, with armed militias identifying… Read more »
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Central African Republic:
Sectarian Atrocities Escalate - Hundreds Killed in Violence in North Targeting Muslims, Christians
HRW, 18 December 2013
Christian militias responding to rampant abuses by Muslim armed groups have committed atrocities against Muslim communities in northern Central African Republic, Human Rights Watch… Read more »