Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] BANGUI, 8 March (IRIN) - The Central African Republic (CAR) had enjoyed relative stability for about 35 years after its independence when in 1996 it suddenly plunged into…

BANGUI, 8 March (IRIN) - One year after a six-month rebellion in the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR), the humanitarian situation for about two million of the country's 3.5 million inhabitants remains worrying. Despite the return of most…

BANGUI, 4 March (IRIN) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bossangoa donated on Wednesday 30 beds and mattresses to Bossangoa Hospital, which was looted during a rebellion in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) between October 2002 and March 2003,…

BANGUI, 3 March (IRIN) - Cotton farmer Faustin Bagaza, 55, wears the cloak of poverty around him even tighter these days. Despite harvesting his crop for two successive years, he has made no sales. The reason? A rebellion in…

BANGUI, 3 March (IRIN) - Residents in the western town of Bouar, the Central African Republic (CAR), have appealed to the government to help them access safe water in order to contain typhoid, which has been spreading there since…

BANGUI, 1 March (IRIN) - A three-day anti-polio immunisation campaign began on Monday in six provinces in the Central African Republic (CAR), a Health Ministry official told IRIN. The director of preventive medicine and disease control at the ministry, Dr…

BANGUI, le 26 février (IRIN) - Un soutien substantiel aux services des communautés locales soulagerait la population touchée par la guerre en République centrafricaine (RCA), a affirmé mardi un haut responsable des affaires humanitaires de l'ONU. "La RCA a besoin…

A senior United Nations humanitarian envoy has arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR) for a three-week assessment mission in the war-affected areas of the troubled country. Ramiro Lopes da Silva, Special Humanitarian Adviser for CAR in the Office for…

BANGUI, 25 February (IRIN) - Substantial support to local community services would considerably relieve war-affected people in the Central African Republic, a senior UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday. "The CAR needs institutional support for health, educational and agricultural sectors," Ramiro…

BANGUI, 25 February (IRIN) - A three-member team of nurses from Medicos Sin Fronteras (MSF-Spain) arrived on Wednesday in the northwestern town of Batangafo, in the Central African Republic (CAR), to verify a meningitis outbreak reported on 1 February,…