The country has adopted a new law protecting the rights of people with HIV; associations and civil society had been calling for a substantial revision of the regulations since 2006

At least 29 high school students have been killed and 250 injured in a stampede at a high school in Bangui as an electrical explosion triggered by returning power after a failure brought panic among the 5.000 students sitting their final exams

Nearly 5.000 protesters took to the streets of Bangui this week, rallying behind opposition lawmakers to firmly oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s rumored bid for a third term in office

An attack on peacekeepers serving with the MINUSCA mission in the Central African Republic resulted in the death of a Kenyan 'blue helmet'; the UN Secretary-General strongly condemned the act