Central African Republic

Although the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR), armed groups and civil society representatives are all taking part in the process that followed the signing of a deal signed in February, civilians continue to suffer daily acts of violence, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.

A deal to end six years of war in the Central African Republic could come unglued if not strengthened. The government should hold signatory armed groups accountable to criteria for improved behaviour and back local peace initiatives. Neighbours should push armed groups to cease provocations.

Peacekeepiong forces have reinforced security to thwart deadly attacks west of the Central African Republic (CAR) where 34 civilians were recently killed.

Russia will in the near future send 30 military personnel to Central African Republic as part of a United Nations mission to help stabilise the country, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian foreign ministry official as saying.

More than 50 people were reportedly killed in an attack by an armed group on several villages in the Central African Republic's (CAR) volatile northwest near the border with Chad, the United Nations said on Thursday. … The government issued an ultimatum to the leader of an armed rebel group known as 3R - which initially formed in 2015 to protect the minority Puehl population from attacks by mostly Christian Anti-balaka militias - calling on him to hand over those responsible.

More than 30 people were killed and many more wounded when an armed group attacked villages in northwestern Central African Republic on Tuesday, the UN's peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) said.

Since heavy fighting broke out in 2017 the road to Mingala has been blocked by armed groups who set up checkpoints to collect taxes, aid workers said

Central African Republic Prime Minister, Firmin Ngrébada, on May 11, 2019 announced the creation of a fund to cater for victims of the crisis plaguing the country since 2013, Radio Ndeke Luka reported. Speaking on the occasion of the fourth National Day for Victims of the Central African Republic Conflict, the PM said the move was part of efforts to ensure lasting peace in the country. Similarly, a Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission will soon see the light of day in line with the February 5, 2019 Khartoum, Sudan Peace Accord between the CAR government and representatives of 14 armed groups.

[…] The initiative comes a year after Russia achieved a partial lifting of the arms embargo on the Central African country from the United Nations Security Council.