Central African Republic

A UN expert has called on authorities to remand a former rebel leader accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, saying his sudden release undermined the country's fight against impunity

The 7th edition of the Bangui Marathon - a sporting promoting peace in the country - was held thank to the support of sponsors, ALLSPORT and the Ministry of Sport and Humanitarian Action and National Reconciliation

The Central African States Development Bank is supporting the creation of a section of road linking the capital Bangui to Brazzaville (DR Congo) and N'Djamena (Chad)

In the first nine months of the year, humanitarian actors managed to provide multi-sectoral assistance to 1,7 million people amidst widespread conflict and serious human rights violations; as of 30 September, there were more than 722.000 IDPs

The United Nations Office for Project Services has signed a "Headquarters Agreement", with the aim of formalising cooperation in the field of infrastructure, in particular the construction of roads crucial to linking communities

A total of 100 child soldiers have returned to their parents in Bria, in the central eastern part of the country; they are said to be minors enlisted by rebel groups and have been released thanks to a programme managed by the national NGO Espérance

Ten Egyptian blue helmets were injured this week in Bangui when President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's guards fired on their bus; the UN called the attack "deliberate and unspeakable"

The issue of combating violence against women and defending women human rights defenders has been the focus of women parliamentarians' activities for the past three months and they have now presented the results of the project

Livestock traders, grouped in seven associations, denounce the assaults, killings, extortion, abusive detention and other ill-treatment to which they have been subjected in recent times in the region of Damara, Bangui and the village of Bouboui

The Special Commission of Inquiry, set up following numerous documented UN reports, has published a counter-report in which it denounces that many incidents are unproven and only 8 can be attributed to national forces

UN-Women with the National Election Authority launched a program to support women candidates in the 2022 municipal elections, in the context of the 2030 Gender Equality Act

The Roti Centrafrique group led by Magloire Kolisso Débalé has signed a partnership agreement with the ecological bank Global Green Fund for the construction of 40.000 modern social housing units in Mboko