Informes

BANGUI, 22 January (IRIN) - Central African Republic (CAR) Communications Minister Gabriel Koyambounou told IRIN on Wednesday that 80 of the 231 Gabonese soldiers deployed for peacekeeping operations in his country had gone home. "Gabon had sent more troops to fill…

BANGUI, 21 January (IRIN) - The office of the UN Resident Coordinator in the Central African Republic is producing a map to facilitate emergency humanitarian intervention in zones under government control, some of which are behind rebel lines. "We need…

NAIROBI, 20 January (IRIN) - A contingent of 150 soldiers from the Republic of Congo (ROC) has been sent in support of an international peacekeeping force of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (known by its…

NAIROBI, 20 janvier (IRIN) - Un contingent de 150 soldats de la République du Congo a été dépêché en République centrafricaine (RCA) pour soutenir une force internationale de maintien de la paix de la Communauté économique et monétaire des…

NAIROBI, 17 January (IRIN) - Survival must have been uppermost in President Ange-Felix Patasse's mind throughout 2002 as fighting between his forces and those loyal to the former Central African Republic (CAR) army chief of staff, Francois Bozize, gained…

NAIROBI, 17 January (IRIN) - 2 January UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan criticises the Central African Republic's (CAR) human rights record. In a new report, he says serious rights violations have been perpetrated by uniformed elements, among others. 8 January -…

Geneva (ICRC) -- At the request of all parties, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) yesterday evacuated 25 religious personnel from the north of the Central African Republic to Chad on humanitarian grounds This morning,…

BANGUI , 16 January (IRIN) - The Central African Republic (CAR) has sent troop reinforcements to Bozoum, 384 km northwest of the capital, Bangui, Deputy Defence Minister Xavier Sylvestre Yangongo told IRIN on Wednesday. He would not say how many…

BANGUI, 16 janvier (IRIN) - La République centrafricaine (RCA) a dépêché des renforts à Bozoum, à 384 km au nord-ouest de la capitale, Bangui, a confirmé mercredi le ministre adjoint de la Défense, Xavier Sylvestre Yangongo à IRIN. Il n'a…

BANGUI, 15 January (IRIN) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a programme in the Central African Republic (CAR) to train 50 refugee women in professional skills and provide another 550 with…