Central African Republic

About 10.000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in the Central African Republic, more than ten years after the beginning of the civil war, as stated by Marthe Kirima, Minister of Family and Gender Affairs of the Central African government

Moscow delivered 50.000 tonnes of cereals to the Central African Republic as humanitarian food assistance to address food shortages in the country, also due to the influx of refugees from neighbouring Chad and Sudan

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra had talks with Pope Francis during his visit to the Vatican, focusing on the social, political and humanitarian situation and on strengthening international cooperation for the common good of the nation

25.000 tonnes of Russian free wheat arrived in Cameroon to be milled into wheat flour; the flour that will then be sent to the Central African Republic

The government has worked hard to ensure that free healthcare is not just a slogan, but a reality, as President of the Republic emphasised in his end-of-year address to the nation; the number of doctors in hinterland is at 122 in 2023, up from 27 in 2016

The project to support the paediatric hospital in Bangui was launched with Italian NGO Cuamm Doctors for Africa as the civil society organisation in charge of implementation and the United Nations Population Fund as the international partner agency

The Central African League for Human Rights denounced the violence of Wagner Group mercenaries and the inhuman treatment of local drivers working for the Russians, in a statement by the League's president, Joseph Bindoumi, interviewed by Deutsche Welle

The country's first asphalt mixing plant was inaugurated in the municipality of Begoua, built to improve the country's roads; the capacity of the Bozere-Bali asphalt plant is estimated at 150 tonnes of bitumen per hour

Established in 2018 to investigate and prosecute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed from 2003, the Special Criminal Court is now subject of controversy with victims believing it has not fully fulfilled its role

Teams from the Ministry of Transport have started to check the registration documents, number plates, stickers and transport permits of motor vehicles in Bangui

The International Criminal Court has released Maxime Mokom, a former militia leader in the Central African Republic, dismissing the case against him for war crimes, after the prosecutor dropped all charges

In recent weeks in Bangui, queues have again lengthened outside petrol stations due to the closure of Tamoil's RCA branches