Central African Republic

300 Rwandan peacekeepers have been welcomed in Bangui: this deployment of additional troops concretises the implementation of UNSC Resolution 2566 on strengthening MINUSCA's capacity

MUNISCA confirmed finding 13 dead civilians 300 km North of Bangui; neither circumstances nor authors have been identified, but national authorities are pointing fingers at the CPC rebel coalition

Thanks to a donation from the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration section of MINUSCA, the localities of Bawi and Koundé received several health facilities for easier access to basic health services

Harvesting, crucial, is being made difficult by the ongoing conflict that is causing a wave of population displacement - the UN local coordinator has expressed specific concern

Minister Pascal Bida Koyagbele laid the foundation stone for the first of the planned 5,000 water towers to be built across the country

After mourning the death of two colleagues in Ethiopia, Médecins Sans Frontières announced that a convoy was attacked in the country, resulting in the death of a woman

Over 2000 refugees fleeing from the country settled in Garoua Boulai and Kenzou in the East of Cameroon will receive material from Cameroon Head of State

A fire has developed at the Orange headquarters; causes not yet officially known, though an electrical short circuit appears to have caused the drama

As the vaccination campaign has started, humanitarian partners are supporting hospitals in Bangui to cope with the lack of electricity and drinking water following torrential rains

Clean water for drinking and cooking was provided to communities in Bangui by the contingent of Rwanda Formed Police Unit One

The country could receive $11 billion in investment from Russia in reconstruction projects

The President Faustin Archange Touadera awarded the Rwandan peace keepers serving under United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the country with the Central African Recognition Medal

Soaring cement prices, up 50% since last December, halt construction in Bangui