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Central African Republic: 10 UN Peacekeepers Injured in Attack at Airport, Woman Bystander Hurt
UN News, 2 November 2021
Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and wounded on Monday. Read more »
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Central African Republic: UN Chief Welcomes Declaration of Unilateral Ceasefire in CAR
UN News, 16 October 2021
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic (CAR), his spokesperson said in a statement… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Positive Momentum in Central African Republic Must Be Maintained
UN News, 18 October 2021
The announcement last week of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic is among recent positive steps in the country, the top UN official there told the Security… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Central African Rebel Commander Faces War Crimes Charges
DW, 24 October 2021
Mahamat Said, a former leader of a militia group in the Central African Republic, faces 14 charges at the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Read more »
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Africa: CAR: Russian Wagner Group harassing and intimidating civilians – UN experts
OHCHR, 29 October 2021
GENEVA (27 October 2021) – Civilians, including peacekeepers, journalists, aid workers and minorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been violently harassed and… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Voluntary Repatriation of Refugees to Central African Republic From DR Congo Restarts
VOA, 27 October 2021
The U.N. refugee agency reports it has restarted a voluntary repatriation operation for thousands of refugees from the Central African Republic who were living in the Democratic… Read more »
UN Peacekeepers Injured In CAR Attack
[13:13, 11/3/2021] Esther: A statement released by the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) says the peacekeepers arrived on November 1, 2021 at M'Poko International Airport, as part of the periodic rotation and deployment of troops in the country and were heading to their base, when they were allegedly fired on by members of the presidential guard.
According to MINUSCA, the blue helmets were part of the Egyptian Constituent Police Unit.
MINUSCA was established by the Security Council in 2014, to provide security, humanitarian, human rights and political support to the country, following years of civil unrest.
Approximately 157 peacekeepers have lost their lives in the line of duty.
In 2013, CAR became engulfed by intercommunal violence led by mainly Christian anti-balaka militia, and a mainly Muslim coalition, known as Séléka.
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The civil war in the Central African Republic commenced when militia groups in the northeast formed a coalition in 2012 to topple President François Bozizé. Their ... Read more »
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General Daniel Sidiki Troare, the commander of U.N. peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, has said that militants in the country continue to challenge authorities ... Read more »
