Reports

BANGUI, 16 June (IRIN) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is due to distribute this week maize seeds to 1,600 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who live in the Central African Republic (CAR), a…

BANGUI, 13 June (IRIN) - An emergency medical programme supported by the EC, which was suspended on 30 May because of insecurity in northern Central African Republic (CAR), has resumed, an official of the NGO implementing the project told…

BANGUI, 13 June (IRIN) - The African Union (AU), the foremost political body on the continent, has granted US $50,000 to the Central African Republic (CAR) to support the government's repatriation of CAR refugees, state-owned Radio Centrafrique reported on Thursday. The…

Delphine Marie - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also be…

BANGUI, 12 June (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will provide enriched food rations to HIV/AIDS infected or affected people from July, to help them resist opportunistic diseases, the agency's representative in the Central African Republic (CAR), David…

One of the main worries is a shortage of food for the camp. Currently there are only 40 tonnes of cereal which will only last two weeks for 8,000 refugees. This is clearly insufficient and MSF is calling on…

BANGUI, 12 June (IRIN) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has repatriated 1,108 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the neighbouring Republic of the Congo since Monday, an official of the…

BANGUI, 11 June (IRIN) - The Central African Republic (CAR) government has deployed an infantry battalion in the town of Bria, to the northeast of the country, to restore security, government-run Radio Centrafrique reported on Tuesday. A new commander was…

The Kimberley Process will carry out its first official review mission from 8-14 June 2003 to determine whether the Central African Republic is taking effective actions to stop the trade in conflict diamonds - diamonds which are used to…