A monument in honor of the late leader of Russia's mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been unveiled in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The statue of Prigozhin and his right-hand man Dmitru Utkin, who both died in a plane crash last (...)
At least 58 people have died in the Central African Republic after the overcrowded ferry carrying them capsized, say officials.
Most of the 300 people on board were on their way to a funeral on Friday when the vessel sank. It happened on the Mpoko (...)
The Central African Republic president is asking voters to back abolishing term limits in a referendum backed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group.
Wagner, which has troops and business interests in the country, is providing security for the (...)
The CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, and Felix Moloua, the Minister of State in Charge of economy, Planning and International Corporation of the Central African Republic, have signed today in (...)
CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad signed a soft development loan agreement to finance a project to light the roads of Bangui, the capital of Central Africa with the use of solar energy, with Minister of (...)
The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the Central African Republic's biggest all-male high-security prison, was named the winner of a prestigious new UN award on Tuesday.
Téné Maïmouna (...)
Women are often "placed second or even ignored" when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centers, according to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN Mission in the Central (...)
Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the release of four members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) who were arrested in the capital, Bangui, earlier this week, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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Local elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), which have been pending since 1988 and are slated for September, will deepen efforts to decentralize power and expand political space, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on (...)
Three Tanzanian peacekeepers serving on the United Nations' mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were injured on Thursday, when their vehicle struck an unidentified explosive device.
One of the soldiers was seriously hurt, and needed to be (...)
UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) have ousted scores of militants from the embattled town of Boyo, in the south of the country.
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the CAR, known by its French acronym (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to spare no effort in investigating the "unacceptable attack" earlier this week by the presidential guard against a vehicle from the UN mission in the (...)
Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and wounded on Monday.
According to MINUSCA, the blue helmets were part of the Egyptian Constituent Police Unit and were shot by (...)
The citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) have endured decades of war and conflict. Merveille Yayoro, a young reporter at Guira-FM, the radio station run by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA), says that she wants her work (...)
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed after their convoy was ambushed by members of the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups in southern Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Mission in the country said on Monday.
The attack took place some 17 (...)
"Worsening" election violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced 120,000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, as the UN Secretary-General also condemned another attack by combatants on a UN convoy, (...)
Senior officials from the United Nations and regional organizations have called on all political actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) to respect the final results of the recent presidential elections, and to settle any disputes peacefully (...)
The UN mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) condemned, in the strongest terms, succeeding assaults launched by armed groups in Damara on Saturday and Bangassou on Sunday.
"There is no doubt that all these attacks take place in a context of (...)
With a week to go until elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN is concerned about an escalation of armed attacks, amid reports that armed groups have taken control of towns near the capital, Bangui.
"The (...)
Thanks to the support of the United Arab Emirates, the World Food Program (WFP) airlifted life-saving, high-energy biscuits from its Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in the International Humanitarian City in Dubai to Bangui in Central African (...)
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Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live.
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BLINDFOLDS secured tightly, more than a dozen men and women are led by their partners around leafy plants and trees in the compound of an international charity in the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui.
The occasional stumble sends nervous (...)
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged for calm, restraint and patience in the Central African Republic (CAR) following the resurgence of violence in parts of the country, including Bangui, where deadly protests calling for the (...)
At least ten people were killed in sectarian violence in the capital of the volatile Central African Republic, hospital officials said Tuesday, reported the dpa.
Suspected Muslim rebels shot high-ranking army officer Marcel Mambeka in his car on (...)
