Informes

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - More than 900 DR Congo nationals have been repatriated from the Central African Republic (CAR), with the assistance of UN agencies and foreign NGOs, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),…

ABIDJAN, 11 November (IRIN) - A workshop aimed at equipping refugees with skills in peace-building and possible conflict prevention opened on Monday in Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan. The some 30 participants included Central Africans, Congolese (DRC), Liberians, Sierra Leoneans and…

BANGUI, 11 November (IRIN) - The UN Peace-building office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) has set up a commission to investigative human rights violations perpetrated in October when former government army soldiers invaded the capital, Bangui, in an attempt…

The present Weekly Update focuses on the humanitarian and socio-economic dimensions of the current crisis in the Central African Republic. It flags current security and political issues only to the extent that they are likely to impact upon the…

SC/7566 AFR/511 Following is the text of a statement made to the press today by Security Council President Zhang Yishan (China): Members of the Security Council were briefed by Assistant Secretary-General Tuliameni Kalomoh on the latest developments in the Central African Republic. Members…

BANGUI, 8 November (IRIN) - Some 750 citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have fled to their embassy in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), fearing possible retaliation by city residents angered by the…

Condemning the recent attempt to seize power by force in the Central African Republic (CAR), members of the United Nations Security Council today called for the quick deployment of an international force to the country. In a statement to the press…

NAIROBI, 6 November (IRIN) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has sent 45 mt of food to two NGOs for distribution to 10,000 people in northern parts of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), most affected by…

BANGUI, 4 November (IRIN) - The first soldiers of a 350-man regional peacekeeping force are due to arrive "early this week" in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), Gen Lamine Cisse, the Representative of the United Nations…

Security situation as of 03 November 2002 The battle for Bangui appears to be over and the MLC forces of DRC rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba are continuing their mopping-up operations with which have so far been characterized by widespread looting,…