Central African Republic
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EUAM RCA
EU Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic
Crisis Management Concept
adopted: 11/2019
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EUTM RCA
EU Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic
Authorization date: 04/16
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AU MISAC
AU Mission for the Central African Republic and Central Africa
Authorization date: 09/14
MINUSCA
UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (UN-led)
Authorization date: 04/14
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Opération Sangaris
(Other)
Authorization date: 12/13
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Deposed former Central African Republic President Francois Bozize announced on Saturday his candidacy for the December presidential vote despite being under UN sanctions and subject to an arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity.
[…] UN peacekeepers from Rwanda fought off an attack by the 3R armed group on Friday in Gedze, in the prefecture of Nana-Mambere, MINUSCA spokesman Charles Bambara said in a statement late Wednesday. The 3R militia said last month that it was suspending its participation in a peace agreement signed by the Central African government and rebel groups last year.
[…] The Mission has reached Initial Operational Capability – a result of the preceding operational planning, led by the CPCC, the headquarters of the civilian CSDP Missions, in Brussels. Paulo Soares, a senior officer of the Portuguese Gendarmerie (Guarda Nacional Republicana) is the first Head of the Mission. He shares in this interview, from Bangui, his personal views on the upcoming activities of the Mission.
UN experts charged with monitoring the arms embargo in the Central African Republic cited on Wednesday an “influx of foreign fighters” into the country ahead of elections later this year. The annual report said a “series of clashes was… fed by arrivals of foreign fighters and weaponry, mainly from Sudan.”
A UN peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed and two others were wounded in a deadly attack in the Central African Republic on Monday. The blue helmets from the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, were in a convoy in Gedze, Nana-Mambéré prefecture, located in the northwest.
The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress as it prepares for presidential and legislative elections in December, but the political situation is still fragile - and security conditions volatile - amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Monday. …
[…] The Special Criminal Court was created by law on 3 June 2015. It is a "hybrid" tribunal that has jurisdiction over grave human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed since 2003. Its inaugural session was held in October 2018. According to the latest publicly available information, there are currently eight cases in which the investigation is closed, eight cases under investigation and about 15 cases under preliminary examination.
Nine fighters from an armed group that launched a week-long attack last week in south-eastern Central African Republic have been arrested. The assailants belong to a branch of the CAR’s biggest armed group, the Unity for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), the country’s special criminal court said in a statement on Monday.
Militia clashes this week in Central African Republic left at least 25 people dead and 51 injured, the country’s communications minister said, confirming the latest violence to undermine last year’s peace deal between rebel groups and the government. … Political tensions are meanwhile rising in the country ahead of presidential elections slated for December but which may be pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.