Posted in ACTED, africa, Central African Republic, CHF, children, DDR, disarmament, EVALUATION, health, info bulletin, MSF, rebels, street children on Dec 21st, 2011 Comments Off
Highlights
- FDPC attack on the road between Batangafo and Kabo
- New MSF report highlights dire health situation
- Joint mission to monitor and evaluate CHF projects
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Posted in africa, aid, Central African Republic, chad, child soldiers, data, disarmament, displacement, GBV, internal displacement, logistics, malnutrition, Maps, photos, rebels, refugees, security, UFDR, UNHCR, UNICEF, united nations on Nov 30th, 2011 Comments Off
Read the report from the inter-organisation mission to Sikikédé, in the Vakaga province of north-eastern CAR, which took place on Friday 25 November 2011. This was the first joint mission since September 2010. Download the report here (125kb) >>
See photos from the mission on the photos page >>
For more details, please contact:
Lauren Paletta
Information Management Officer, OCHA CAR
paletta@un.org
Christian Mulamba
Head of Mission, IMC CAR
cmulamba@internationalmedicalcorps.org
Posted in Bangui, BINUCA, campaign, Central African Republic, child soldiers, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, disarmament, government, IDP Campaign, info bulletin, intranet, publications, rebels, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, united nations, WFP, WHO on Nov 26th, 2011 No Comments »
Highlights
- Two soldiers are killed in Danga
- Radhika Coomaraswamy visits the CAR
- Logistics cluster
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Posted in africa, APRD, bandits, BINUCA, Birao, Central African Republic, chad, child soldiers, children, disarmament, displacement, DRC, governance, government, human rights, humanitarian crisis, internal displacement, MICOPAX, ouham, rebels, refugees, Sam Ouandja, security, sexual violence, UFDR, united nations, violence, war crimes, Zaraguinas on Nov 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Amnesty International Press Release (20 Oct 2011)
Central African Republic: Civilians bear the brunt of decades of violence and abuses
Local and foreign armed groups in the CAR are still killing, abducting, torturing and raping civilians, as well as burning houses and looting property, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
The report Central African Republic – Action needed to end decades of abuse describes how CAR’s population has been terrorized for decades by armed groups who have been able to operate with virtual impunity.
Despite peace agreements and a fledgling Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration process, armed conflict continues to ravage the country resulting in civilian deaths and mass internal displacement.
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Posted in CAP, Central African Republic, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, DDR, disarmament, governance, government, human rights, humanitarian crisis, IDP Campaign, info bulletin, internal displacement, rebels, refugees, UNHCR, united nations, violence, war crimes, WFP, WHO on Sep 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Highlights
- Conflict between CPJP and UFDR rebels
- Emergency education in the Haute-Kotto prefecture
- Logistics cluster
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Posted in ACTED, Bangui, BINUCA, campaign, Central African Republic, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, development, disarmament, FAO, government, HDPT Briefing Material, humanitarian crisis, info bulletin, intranet, OCHA, UNDAF, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, united nations, WFP, WHO on Sep 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Sommaire
- Éditorial
- Les Nations Unies soutiennent le renforcement de l’état de droit en Centrafrique
- Dossier : Le Relèvement Précoce en République Centrafricaine : état des lieux et perspectives
- Activités du SNU: Des kits de dignité pour les réfugiées soudanaises de Pladama-Ouaka
- Deux Nouveaux Bâtiments à l’hôpital préfectoral de N’délé
- Infos diverses : Le Gouvernement exhorte les donateurs à accroître leur contribution à l’assistance humanitaire en Centrafrique
- Planification conjointe des Agences des Nations Unies pour l’accélération de la lutte contre le VIH SIDA en Centrafrique
Read more by downloading the Bulletin bimestriel d’information du SNU en RCA N°003 (PDF) 1.57 Mo – (French version only) >>
Posted in ACTED, BINUCA, Central African Republic, coordination, disarmament, Early Recovery, government, info bulletin, paoua, refugees, UNDP, UNHCR, united nations, WHO on Aug 26th, 2011 No Comments »
Highlights
- A ‘Health Initiative’ project in CAR
- ACTED assessment mission in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture
- Early Recovery Cluster
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Posted in africa, aid, aid effectiveness, APRD, Bangui, BINUCA, Brussels, campaign, Central African Republic, children, coordination, DDR, development, disarmament, education, governance, government, hiv, info bulletin, infrastructure, Peacebuilding Fund, photos, Press, PRSP, security, UNDAF, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, united nations, WHO on Jul 13th, 2011 Comments Off
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- Editorial : un pas de plus vers l’approche « Unis dans l’Action »
- La communauté international mobilisée pour la RCA
- UNDAF + 2012-2016 : Trois axes prioritaires de consolidation de la paix et d’aide au développement de la République centrafricaine pour les cinq prochaines années
- De l’UNDAF 2007-2011 à l’UNDAF + 2012-2016
- CCA, UNDAF+, DSRPII et OMD
- Déclaration d’engagement de l’Equipe de Pays du SNU en République centrafricaine
- Introduction du vaccin contre les infections à pneumocoques dans le programme de vaccination systématique en RCA
- L’UNHCR appelle chacun à s’engager pour la cause des réfugiés en Centrafrique
- Formation des femmes en techniques de plaidoyer pour la mobilisation de ressources
- Mme Margaret Vogt, nouvelle Représentante Spéciale du Secrétaire Général de l’ONU en RCA
- Dr Christine Mbonyingingo, nouvelle Coordonnatrice Pays de l’ONUSIDA en RCA
- Des caméras au service de l’éducation à la citoyenneté et à la culture de paix
- Une approche concertée de promotion de la paix
- BINUCA s’engage dans « La longue marche de la RCA vers la paix »
Read more by downloading the bulletin (1,893 KB) (French version only) >>
For further details please contact:
UN Coordination Office in CAR
Mr. Franck Bitemo
franck.bitemo@undp.org
Posted in bandits, BONUCA, Bouar, Central African Republic, disarmament, government, health, hiv, rebels, security, sitrep on Aug 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Highlights
- The Popular Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD) suspends its participation in the process leading up to the political dialogue.
- A barge crossing the Oubangui river in CAR, sank, killing 42.
Background and security
The APRD pulls out of the political dialogue
The President of the Popular Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD), Jean-Jacques Démafouth said in a press release that his organisation had suspended its participation in the process leading up to the political dialogue. Mr. Démafouth has also stated that the APRD had withdrown from a ceasefire and a global peace agreement signed on 9 May and 21 June 2008. The APRD made that resolution because they disapprove parts of a proposed general amnesty law.
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Highlights
- General Abdoulaye Miskine, leader of the Union of Democratic Forces of Central Africa (UFDC) says he is ready to sign the Global Peace Agreement
- China donates agricultural equipment and office supplies worth $450,000
Background and security
Miskine ready to sign the peace agreement
General Abdoulaye Miskine, leader of the Union of Democratic Forces of Central Africa (FDPC), one of the three rebel groups based in the centre north of the country, has said he is ready to sign the Global Peace Agreement. His commitment is a prelude to the much anticipated political dialogue expected this month in Bangui. “I am ready to sign the Global Peace Agreement in order to give the political inclusive dialogue a chance — considered by all the only way out of crisis,” said General Miskine in a press release issued Saturday in Bangui. Continue Reading »
An English-language overview of the security sector reform process in CAR is now available. Written with support from UNDP and based on government documents and the proceedings of April’s SSR seminar, Crucial steps: Security sector reform in the Central African Republic offers a summary of the current status of CAR’s security and justice services, as well as information on proposed reforms and projected implementation timelines. Continue Reading »
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 to an immediate cessation of hostilities.
Jean-Jacques Demafouth, recently appointed political head of the APRD, declared that the Government had committed to granting a general amnesty and “an end to all legal prosecutions currently in progress” against APRD rebels. Instead, they will stay in camps “pending their disarmament, demobilisation or integration into the army.” The fate of exiled former President Ange-Felix Patassé himself remains unclear. Regarded as the driving force behind the APRD by the Government of the Central African Republic, he was sentenced in 2006 to 20 years’ hard labour for his part in the rebel movement. Continue Reading »
Posted in APRD, Central African Republic, child soldiers, Darfur, disarmament, displacement, humanitarian crisis, rebels, refugees, Sam Ouandja, security, UFDR, violence on Aug 27th, 2007 No Comments »
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 Aid Programme.
In late 2006 and early 2007, the UFDR militant group rose to prominence in the northeast of the CAR. Conflict has since spread from Birao to the town of Mouka in the south, and to Ndélé in the west. As a result, a rising number of civilians have been displaced. The villages of Ouanda- Djallé, Gordil and Tiringoulou were particularly badly affected by the violence. Continue Reading »
UNICEF announced on Thursday 18 May that negotiations have started with non-state armed groups for hundreds of child soldiers enrolled in the north-east of the Central African Republic (CAR) to be released and returned to their families.
Discussions have started with the full support of the Government of CAR, who has engaged in talks with the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) since the first UN assessment mission in the Vakaga region identified armed children among the rebels’ ranks in January 2007.
General Damane Zakaria, head and founder of the Assembly of the Union of Democratic Forces (UFDR) rebel group that controls parts of north-eastern CAR (close to Sudan’s Darfur region), has agreed on releasing some 400 children. A first list of 220 child soldiers has been given to UNICEF last week. This UNICEF programme not only contributes significantly to children’s welfare, but also helps resolve one of CAR’s most pressing problems,” says CAR Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer. Continue Reading »
