UN Report Details Atrocities in Central African Republic

A UN report has revealed that armed groups in the Southeast Central African Republic (CAR) commit grave abuses against Muslim communities and Sudanese refugees. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSCA, found evidence of summary executions, sexual violence, torture, cruel and degrading treatment, forced labour, and looting of homes and shops. 

The report detailed two waves of attacks in the Mbomou and Haut-Mbomou prefectures, in October 2024 and January 2025, in which at least 24 people were killed, including victims who had been summarily executed. Attacks were coordinated and directed by Wagner Ti Azandé (WTA), an armed group affiliated with the national army. The WTA originally belonged to another armed group called Azandé Ani Kpi Gbé (Azanikpigbe), whose members also participated in the attacks.

In response to the violence, MINUSCA has intensified efforts to protect civilians and support the restoration of State authority in the affected regions, while the CAR government has arrested some WTA members and plans to establish a Tribunal of Grande Instance in Zémio to address impunity.

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Former refugees arrive in Carnot in the Central African Republic, one of the return areas deemed safe for voluntary repatriates.

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