Posted in NAF, UNDP, Zaraguinas, development, humanitarian crisis, poverty, rebels, refugees, sanitation, security, violence on Jun 24th, 2008
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 […]
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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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(Anthony Morland, IRIN) - “Can you help me find my husband?” asked an elderly resident of this dusty, traumatised town in the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR).
The old woman explained she had last seen him three months previously when he and his brother were kidnapped by bandits known as Zaraguina just outside Paoua.
Asked […]
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Abakar Sabone and Michel Djotodia, respectively spokesman and chairman of the rebel group UFDR (Union of Democratic Forces for the Rally) were released by the Beninese authorities on Tuesday. They were arrested in November 2006, after the Central African Republic state prosecutor issued an international search warrant. Their liberation could bode significant advancements in the […]
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Tuesday, February 12th, the deployment of EUFOR troops resumed after an 11 day stoppage caused by the rebellion break through in Chad.
The instable polititcal situation in Chad has generated further delay in the deployment of the EUFOR Chad/CAR, which will support the UN mission MINURCAT already operating in Chad and Sudan. But according to […]
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(New York/Bangui): John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today made clear his deep concern about the 50,000 Central Africans who have fled into Chad.
“Over the past two months alone, nearly 6,000 Central Africans escaping from violence in northern CAR [Central African Republic] have arrived in southern Chad. These […]
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The UN/EU peacekeeping mission to Chad and the Central African Republic is rapidly taking shape. The European Union is determined to dispatch 4,300 troops from 20 countries within the next weeks. They will work alongside 350 United Nations police and military personnel who will work to protect the fragile triangle between CAR, Chad and the […]
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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 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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MSF Press Release, Paris, June 13, 2007 – On Monday June 11, 2007, Elsa Serfass was struck by a bullet while travelling in the Ngaoundai region of northwest Central African Republic (CAR). She died at 12.30pm local time.
Elsa was travelling with two other Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff to Ngaoundai for the purpose […]
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