Rapports

GENEVA - As the African Union Summit continues in Mozambique, the UN refugee agency said today it planned to launch a special appeal covering unforeseen needs in seven different African countries, none of which has received much international attention. UNHCR's…

Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today appealed for some 3.5 million Swiss francs to step up its activities in the Central African Republic. This budget extension will enable the ICRC to respond to…

BANGUI, 8 July (IRIN) - In efforts to restore security in the Central African Republic, Public Security Minister Col Paulin Bondeboli has directed police officers to report to their duty stations across the country immediately. "I have given instructions that they…

BANGUI, 7 July (IRIN) - A cotton factory in the town of Bambari, northeastern Central African Republic, has resumed production after its operations were suspended in October 2002 due to fighting between rebels and government troops, Radio Centrafrique reported on…

BANGUI, 1 July (IRIN) - An Italian humanitarian NGO, Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), has begun a medical intervention programme in the northwest of the Central African Republic, where no aid has been organised since October 2002, an official told IRIN on…

BANGUI, 1 July (IRIN) - France has given 78.7 million francs CFA (US $131,000) to support four humanitarian NGOs active in the Central African Republic, an official at the French embassy in the capital, Bangui, told IRIN on Monday. The…

BANGUI, 1 July (IRIN) - The new administration in the Central African Republic (CAR) has retained the team appointed by former President Ange-Felix Patasse to coordinate plans for national dialogue, due to be held within the next two months. The…

In the Central African Republic (CAR) - where chronic instability has been aggravated by a security situation "not fully under control" either before or after the latest coup - a temporary adjustment of United Nations programmes and agencies in…

BANGUI, 25 June (IRIN) - Government troops and the peacekeeping force of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States, known by its French acronym CEMAC, have begun disarming the bearers of illegal firearms in the town of…

BANGUI, 24 June (IRIN) - The Central African Republic government and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed on Monday agreements worth US $730,000 to revive farming in the country devastated by a six-month rebellion, government-run Radio Centrafrique reported. "My…