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
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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, Central African Republic, chad, data, displacement, DRC, internal displacement, LRA, Maps, Ngaoundaye, OCHA, rebels, refugees, Sam Ouandja, security, sudan, UFDR, Zaraguinas on Nov 9th, 2011 Comments Off
OCHA with the support of the humanitarian and development community have recently written a report on their work updating the estimations of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees in the CAR. The report includes the displacement figures and map, the methodology used for data collection, the complexities of tracking displacement in the CAR, an overview of the context and causes of displacement by region and recommendations for the humanitarian community as they move forward in tracking displacement. Download the full report here (PDF, 781 KB) >>
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For more information, please contact:
Lauren Paletta
Information Management Officer UN OCHA
Bangui, Central African Republic
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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 africa, appeal, Bangui, BINUCA, CAP, Central African Republic, CHF, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, government, humanitarian crisis, IDP Campaign, info bulletin, internal displacement, OCHA, rebels, UNICEF, united nations on Oct 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Highlights
- Conflict between CPJP and UFDR rebels
- International Day of Peace
- OCHA organises a 2012 CAP workshop
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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, africa, aid, AMI, appeal, APRD, bandits, BINUCA, CAP, Central African Republic, CHF, children, Coordinated Aid Programme, coordination, displacement, DRC, Early Recovery, education, FAO, Farming, Food, gender, health, humanitarian crisis, IMC, internal displacement, LRA, malnutrition, Maps, MSF, NRC, OCHA, publications, rebels, refugees, sanitation, security, Solidarités, UFDR, UNDP, UNHCR, UNICEF, united nations, water, WFP, WHO on Jul 21st, 2011 Comments Off
Central African Republic: Consolidated Appeal 2011 Mid-Year Review
In the midst of a still-fragile regional context, the Central African Republic (CAR) has achieved a significant step towards peace consolidation, with the peaceful holding of national elections in early 2011. In spite of the many claims put forward by the opposition regarding the legitimacy of the parliamentary election results, incumbent President Bozize was re-elected for a second term without major incidents. However, this important achievement has not yet brought the anticipated improvements for the vast majority of the CAR population.
In the north-west where the majority of the internally displaced people are located, little progress has been made towards building an environment conducive to durable returns. Similarly, CAR refugees in both Cameroon and Chad await further guarantees before returning to their home country. Whilst a comprehensive reintegration strategy has been agreed by the Government and its partners, no concrete steps have yet been taken in the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process, in spite of the strong will of the Government to do so.
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New Bulletin 156 – English (PDF)
Highlights
- EU increases its support to elections in CAR
- Conference on the LRA in Bangui
- Response to the health situation in Sikikèdé
- Humanitarian situation in Kouango
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Posted in aid, Central African Republic, child soldiers, children, GBV, gender, human rights, internal displacement, rebels, sexual violence, violence on Feb 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Grave violations against children are being perpetrated by all parties to the various conflicts in the Central African Republic (CAR), including rape and armed recruitment into the fighting forces, according to a United Nations report released today.
Non-State armed groups and bandits are also kidnapping children as a means of recruitment and to threaten and extort ransom from the population, while abuses against youngsters generally are committed in a climate of impunity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in his latest report to the Security Council on children and armed conflict in CAR.
“I call on all parties to the conflict to immediately and without precondition cease the recruitment and use of children and to identify and release to the United Nations those children already in their ranks,” he says.
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Posted in APRD, Central African Republic, development, government, info bulletin, rebels, roads, security, sitrep, violence on Aug 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Highlights
- Clashes in the north west of CAR
- New MINURCAT Police Chief
- World Bank provides US$ 7 million for Food Response Project
- UN Humanitarian Air Service in jeopardy
Background and security
Clashes in the north west of CAR
After suspending their participation in the Inclusive Political Dialogue, several clashes between the Popular army for the restoration of democracy (APRD) and government forces have been reported in the north west of the country. Fighting reportedly took place on 8 August near Ngaoundaye, on 12 August near Man, and on 13 and 14 August between Ouandago and Kabo, though the identity of the rebels in this last skirmish was not confirmed.
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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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Posted in development, humanitarian crisis, NAF, poverty, rebels, refugees, sanitation, security, UNDP, violence, Zaraguinas on Jun 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Download the 2008 Needs Analysis Framework in English (2.1 MB) – PDF
The Needs Analysis Framework analyzes the humanitarian needs in the Central African Republic, mainly of civilians living in the northern areas affected by conflict and violence. As a consequence of poverty and under-development, and aggravated by the violent conflict and banditry, urgent needs exist in all sectors. First and foremost, the humanitarian crisis in CAR is a protection and human rights crisis, with 305,000 people being forced to flee their homes. But many people also have no access to hospitals, health centres, schools, and markets, they have no drinking water and cannot work their fields, and many have no roof to protect them from the rains. Continue Reading »
(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 in northwestern CAR, was signed in the Gabonese capital, Libreville, after a month of discussions with the Bangui government.
As well as a cessation of hostilities, the APRD has undertaken to restrict its fighters to their bases. The accord also paves the way for an amnesty, subject to a bill to be put before the national assembly. 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 »
