Posted in APRD, Central African Republic, ICC, UNICEF, bandits, child soldiers, children, human rights, sexual violence, war crimes on Jun 2nd, 2008
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Secretary General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflicts concluded on Saturday a six-day mission to assess the conflict’s impact on children in CAR and Chad.
After a two day visit to Chad, Radhika Coomaraswamy came to CAR to meet young victims of abduction, and rebels suspected of recruiting child soldiers. She met […]
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(IRIN) - The signing on 9 May of a ceasefire between the government of Central African Republic and the only rebel group that had yet to join a national peace process has drawn mixed reactions from within the country.
The truce with the Armée populaire pour la restauration de la république et la démocratie (APRD), based […]
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On Friday May 9th, the Central African Republic Government and the Popular Army for Unity and Democracy (APRD) signed a much awaited cease fire and peace agreement in Libreville, Gabon. In presence of Gabon’s President Bongo Ondimba, and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, François Lonseny Fall, both parties agreeded […]
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Important achievements have been made in the inclusive political dialogue initiated at the end of 2007 to put an end to the recurrent violence in the Central African Republic. Over the last three months, the dialogue’s Preparatory Committee (CPDPI) has managed to bring together all major political and military actors as well as reach consensus […]
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The UNICEF representation in the Central African Republic has just published their monthly report for November 2007. It contains an excellent overview on the current humanitarian, political and security situation, as well as a description of UNICEF’s projects in CAR.
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Responding to persistent pockets of insecurity in the Central African Republic, the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) will provide over $800,000 to forge a more inclusive political dialogue within the country. The project, called the Inclusive Political Dialogue, makes CAR the second country to be awarded PBF funding under emergency provisions and the fourth country to […]
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The United Nations Country Team in the Central African Republic will sends its first one-week assessment mission to the troubled Ngaoundaye region in the extreme north-west of the country on Monday 24 September. A team of twelve, including staff from UNDP, OCHA, UNICEF, UNHCR and a photographer, will assess and document the humanitarian situation […]
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(OCHA, New York, 14 September 2007): The entire population of some 12,000 people has now fled from their homes in the area between the towns of Markounda and Silambi, in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR) on the border with neighbouring Chad, according to the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for CAR, Toby Lanzer.
For […]
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The Human Rights Watch team that visited the Central African Republic in February and March this year has now released their comprehensive assessment of the human rights situation in the country.
The report “documents the human rights abuses and breaches of international humanitarian law being committed in northern CAR and describes the make-up, origins, and aims […]
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During their stay in the Central African Republic, Reuters journalists produced a fascinating 8 minute video feature on the APRD rebels in the Paoua area. Their footage includes APRD soldiers and child soldiers training and explaining their motives. Best video on the rebellion in north-eastern CAR so far.
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Posted in APRD, Central African Republic, Darfur, Sam Ouandja, UFDR, child soldiers, disarmament, displacement, humanitarian crisis, rebels, refugees, security, violence on Aug 27th, 2007
Below a small brief on the security situation in the first half of 2007, taken from the Mid-Year Review of aid operations in CAR.
This is a good first introduction to the rebellion in the north and other security problems in the Central African Republic.
For more info, please read the full Mid-Year Review of our Coordinated […]
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Posted in APRD, rebels, violence on Aug 3rd, 2007
BBC’s Karen Allen produced a story on the violence in the north-west during her visit to CAR in July 2007. She met with the APRD rebels and concludes that “until there is a major economic push for the underdeveloped north, the unrest is likely to persist.”
Click here to read the full story.
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