[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Political parties and civil society groups in the Central African Republic are welcoming the U.N. Security Council's decision to extend the mandate of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission, or MINUSCA.
[RFI] London -- The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps.
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- The Central African Republic said Wednesday that several hundred rebels have surrendered and handed over their weapons over to government troops and U.N. forces. The rebels surrendered less than a month after the C.A.R reached an agreement with neighboring Chad to jointly protect the two countries' 1,200-kilometer border. Officials now hope to organize local elections that were postponed in October due to insecurity.
[U.S. Mission to the UN] Ambassador Richard Bell
[Leadership] The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday, said that over 70 million children in high-risk countries of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger Republic and Nigeria, have been vaccinated against polio virus in 2024.
[The New Humanitarian] Bangui & Bria, Central African Republic -- 'Victims are very afraid to talk about what they have experienced and don't know who to talk to.'
[JusticeInfo.net] Bangui, Central African Republic -- In mid-September, the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic announced it had implemented reparations for the victims of two massacres in 2019, the subject of its first trial. What do the beneficiaries have to say about this, and what have they done with what they received?
[Crisis Group] Fighting with rebels is aggravating communal tensions in the Central African Republic, a country also buffeted by geopolitical rivalries. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2024 - Autumn Update, Crisis Group identifies how the EU can help Bangui address both immediate threats and longer-term problems.