The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has concluded its 2015 Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr Campaign, which was launched on 10 July 2015 to express solidarity and support to the needy and vulnerable people of the Central African Republic (CAR) particularly during the last ten days of Ramadan. This Ramadan Campaign, which was conducted for the second year, was led by the OIC Special Envoy to CAR, Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, and the OIC Humanitarian Assistance Department. Minister Gadio also met during his mission with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of CAR while in the capital Bangui. Food and non-food items were distributed during this Campaign to over 30,000 people in Bangui and its outskirts as well as in the provincial city of Yalloke. Demobilized soldiers were also extended assistance including people in various Bangui mosques and to inmates at Ngaragba prison. It is worth mentioning that Eid Al-Fitr has been celebrated nationwide in CAR on Friday, 17 July 2015, and the Interim President has declared the day a national holiday for the first time since the country became independent in 1960 to fulfill a long-standing request made over the years by its Muslim community.
