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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In Birao, in northeastern CAR, women and children have been particularly affected by what they nervously call “the events”, the fights between the rebel forces of the Movement of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) and the government forces.
In a previous post, we published letters from women who were victims of violence and recalled their personal […]
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Often ignored, sometimes treated with discretion, sexual violence remains a sensitive issue in the Central African Republic. Although thousands of women have been victims of physical, psychological, and social trauma, their suffering remains largely silent.
Some women were raped by soldiers from neighbouring armies; others were attacked by rebels or national soldiers in conflict areas. Many […]
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In Birao, in northeastern CAR, women and children have been particularly affected by what they nervously call “the events”, the fights between the rebel forces of the Movement of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) and the government forces.
In their own words, the women of Birao talk about the attacks on their villages, their escape, their […]
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Several thousands of women and young girls have endured rape and other sexual violence in the conflict-torn north of the Central African Republic (CAR). Research suggests that sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) strikes well over 15 percent of women and girls in the region.
Rape cases are being reported in northern CAR on a […]
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Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions visited the Central African Republic to inquire into extra-judicial executions in the recent past.
In his preliminary report, he states that “Up until very recently Government forces were burning entire villages to the ground and summarily executing large […]
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(New York/Bangui, 23 January 2008). A new wave of internal displacement in the Central African Republic’s northern region has prompted the opening of the first camp for internally displaced people in the country. These recent population movements are a result of an increase in violence perpetrated by zaraguinas, or bandits.
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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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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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More than 2,600 refugees have arrived in Sam Ouandja, in the extreme north-east of the Central African Republic, since late May this year.
The organizations providing humanitarian assistance to these refugees and the population of Sam Ouandja have now put together a briefing kit, with updates on the situation and their activities.
For photos please see our […]
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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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(AI, New York) - Amnesty International warned today that hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed conflict and lawlessness are spiraling, while the world largely ignores the rampant violence.
“As attention remains focused on Darfur and eastern Chad, armed conflict and lawlessness in northern Central African Republic […]
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The town of Birao, in the extreme north east of CAR, close to the border with Sudan, was almost completely burnt down in late March. Thousands of people fled in the bush. Some families are now very slowly starting to return to restore their houses, afraid of the approaching rainy season.
Photographer Pierre Holtz has […]
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Fighting between rebels groups (APRD in the north-west, UFDR in the north-east) intensified in late 2006. More than two-hundred thousands people have been forced to flee their homes and are seeking refuge in the bush. There they live in deplorable conditions without clean drinking water, health-care, education for their children and without food supplies. The […]
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