Reports

BANGUI, 28 October (IRIN) - Central African Republic leader Francois Bozize has lifted a curfew that has been in force since 15 March, when he seized power from President Ange-Felix Patasse, state-owned Radio Centrafrique reported. The midnight to 5 a.m.…

BANGUI, le 28 octobre (IRIN) - Les leaders régionaux ont exprimé leur espoir de paix pour la République Centrafricaine à l'occasion de la cérémonie de clôture de la conférence nationale pour la réconciliation, lundi dernier. Les travaux de la…

BANGUI, 28 October (IRIN) - Regional leaders underlined their hope for peace in the Central African Republic on Monday by attending the closing ceremony of national reconciliation talks, which ended on 16 October, for an expectant 3.5 million people. "Barriers…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in the Central African Republic. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or…

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the work of the Dialogue of National Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, congratulating the participants for "the spirit of openness, forgiveness and understanding" that characterized their talks. In a message delivered in the…

BANGUI, 27 October (IRIN) - The Roman Catholic Church in the Central African Republic is the 2002 recipient of the UN Peace-building Office (BONUCA) prize for human rights, the UN secretary-general's representative in the country, Lamine Cisse, announced on Friday…

BANGUI, 27 October (IRIN) - Central African Republic's Ministry of Health has received tuberculosis drugs worth 15 million francs CFA (about US $25,000) from Lions Club International, state-owned Radio Centrafrique reported on Friday. Receiving the consignment of 160 kg of rifampicin,…

BANGUI, 27 October (IRIN) - Some 50 police officers in the Central African Republic completed a two-day training course on Friday on refugee rights and obligations, conducted by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). "This seminar…

BANGUI, 23 October (IRIN) - A total of 480 out of 800 former soldiers who recently returned from exile to the Central African Republic (CAR) have been integrated in the army and the public service, Communications Minister Parfait Mbaye…

BANGUI, 23 October (IRIN) - A centre for abandoned and street children, built with financial support from France, was inaugurated on Wednesday in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. "This centre will significantly contribute to the care of children who…