Central African Republic

The country held its first state general of sport, an initiative of the Ministry of Youth Promotion, Sports and Civic Education, to rebuild the foundations of sport in the country given the economic and logistical difficulties

WB announced an endowment of over 400 billion CFA francs (€610 million) for development projects; despite problems with implementation, the idea is to reorganise and mobilise the entire government to ensure results at citizens' level

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, began a four-day visit focused on the implementation of MINUSCA's mandate and the political and peace process in the country

The judges of the Special Criminal Court are now in full force, with the last two judges sworn in, the final stone in the construction of a project that began in 2015

Students living on the university campus in Bangui have denounced the hygienic conditions and the advanced degradation of the university pavilions built in the 1970s

The strike announced as indefinite at Bangui University is still ongoing following the rejection by the teachers of the agreement recently signed between the government and the National Autonomous Union of Teachers

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