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Ancienne colonie Française ayant acquis son indépendance en 1960, la République Centrafricaine (RCA) compte environ 3.700.000 habitants répartis sur un territoire de 623.000 km². En 1993, les premières élections multipartites sont organisées et Ange Félix Patassé devient président de la…

BANGUI, 2 March 2007 (IRIN) - Abundant rain, a seemingly endless canopy of dense vegetation and full rivers give the impression that there is no threat of deforestation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Yet the country loses up to…

Birao-CAR/Washington, DC, March 2, 2007 International Medical Corps has found alarming rates of malnutrition and a population in desperate need of assistance in the most remote and violent area of Central African Republic (CAR). "On our way to the…

Le Représentant du Secrétaire général sur les droits de l'homme des personnes déplacées dans leur propre pays, M. Walter Kälin, a rendu compte aujourd'hui d'une visite officielle qu'il a entamée en République centrafricaine le 24 février dernier. «Renoncer à la…

Geneva/Bangui (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has delivered aid to 2,600 displaced people in the villages of Mbalia, Léourou and Kounpo-sud (between Paoua and Bouzoum) and in Bozoy 3, Poulac and Benadili (between Paoua…

In this issue: - Peace-keepers to the Darfur-Chad-CAR triangle? - Kenya and the Ethiopian asylum seekers - Turning the Nairobi Pact into law in the Great Lakes Region - United Nations agencies to protest against rape in war on the eve of International…

By Melissa Winkler Kaga Bandoro, CAR 01 Mar 2007 - At 4:00 each morning, lines start forming at Kaga Bandoro Hospital. Dozens of people wait with anticipation to see a nurse or a doctor. By 7:30 AM, the consultation rooms…

2.1. Contexte La situation humanitaire au nord de la République Centrafricaine (RCA) s'est aggravée ces derniers mois. Déjà en septembre 2006, les Nations Unies ont estimé qu'il existe 147 000 personnes déplacées internes dont 30 000 éleveurs (Cf. carte de…

Interview Loukas Petridis has just come back from the Central African Republic, where he served as the ICRC's head of mission. In this interview he outlines the organization's activities to help the civilian population in a country plagued by armed…

Having just returned from a two-week trip to Chad and the Central African Republic, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow described the population there as "extremely traumatized", "utterly neglected" and in dire need of humanitarian assistance, during…