Central African Republic

Monday's cabinet meeting focused on the water, electricity and petroleum products sectors and the government's efforts in these areas were presented

A committee was set up to draft a new constitution, as recently decided by President Faustin Archange Touadéra; the current constitution prohibits the head of state from running for a third term

The Koudoukou primary school, located in Bangui's 3rd district, now has two water wells available for the students and residents of the surrounding neighbourhoods after the construction was financed by MINUSCA

The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and the Central African Armed Forces decided to strengthen their coordination in relation to patrols to protect the civilian population in the south of the country

Switzerland will open a cooperation office in the country, becoming one of the very few western governments with a local representation

A report by the Ohchr says a total of 245 women and girls suffered sexual violence from Dec 2020 to early March 2022 in the prefectures of Mbomou and Haute-Kotto; the figure is considered hugely underestimated by the ONGs working on field

President Touadera received Italian diplomats as Italy formally asked the Central African Republic to support its bid to host the Universal Expo 2030

The country officially launched its own cryptocurrency, the Sango, and the future 'first African crypto-hub' with 'zero taxation', two months after making its country the second in the world to adopt bitcoin as its official currency

President of the Republic Touadéra, on a week-long working visit to Istanbul, Turkey, met with several investors, inviting them to settle in the country

In order to monitor security on the border between the country and Cameroon, two new Rapid Intervention Battalion border posts were built within six months in view of the threats posed by the incursions of armed Central African rebels

Bangui City Hall organised a training session for its staff on the importance of local governance upon initiative of the Helpage Rwanda Programme and the European Union

The country is the second in the world after El Salvador to have made bitcoin official as legal tender, a choice considered risky for the very low access to the Internet - 11% of the population - and even to electricity