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Central African Republic

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:12:45 GMT
Top Woman Prison Officer With UN Mission in CAR Wins First Ever Trailblazer Award
[UN News] The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the Central African Republic's biggest all male high-security prison, was named the winner of a prestigious new UN award on Tuesday.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:36:22 GMT
CAR Hold Black Stars
[Ghanaian Times] The Black Stars of Ghana maintained their top position on the AFCON 2023 qualifying Group E table despite sharing the spoils with Central African Republic (CAR) in their match day two game played in Angola, yesterday.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:02:46 GMT
Cameroon, CAR Join Forces to Fight Rebels On Border
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A commission of senior security and state officials from the troubled Central African Republic and Cameroon has agreed to jointly fight armed C.A.R. rebels they say are fleeing intensive fighting and infiltrating refugee ca...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:39:50 GMT
Central African Republic Refugees Leave Cameroon On Promises of Peace
[VOA] Gado Badzere, Cameroon -- Central African Republic refugees in Cameroon have started returning home after fleeing political and sectarian violence there since 2014. There are around 300,000 C.A.R. refugees in Cameroon, most of them women and ch...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:31:37 GMT
MSF Calls on Govt to Explain Death of One of its Staff Members
[DW] Doctor's Without Borders said one of its staff members was shot dead by a government soldier, and has called on the country's armed forces to explain.

Tue, 31 May 2022 13:53:30 GMT
MSF Condemns the Killing of Colleague
[MSF] A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member died on Saturday 28 May after being shot three times by a member of the armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) in the northwestern prefecture of Ouham. MSF condemns this incident in th...

Sun, 29 May 2022 13:09:16 GMT
People for Peace - Breaking Prison Barriers in Central African Republic
[UN News] Women are often "placed second or even ignored" when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centres, according to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN Mission in the C...

Fri, 20 May 2022 06:23:59 GMT
Central African Republic Recognizes Rwandan Police Peacekeepers
[New Times] The Central African Republic (CAR) government, on Wednesday, May 18, awarded certificates to two Rwandan Police units serving as UN peacekeepers in the country, in recognition of their selflessness and security services to ensure the prot...

Thu, 12 May 2022 12:42:34 GMT
Newly Launched Pan African Crypto Platform, Mara, Announces a Shs2.7 Billion Funding
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- MARA, a Pan-African crypto exchange, launched on Wednesday and announced USD23 million Shs2.7billion in funding and a partnership with the Central African Republic, which just passed a bill legalizing Bitcoin as legal tender.

Thu, 12 May 2022 06:53:45 GMT
Bank of Central African States Urges CAR to Annul Bitcoin As Currency
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- The Cameroon-headquartered Bank of Central African States (BEAC) has urged the Central African Republic (CAR) to annul a law it passed in late April that made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender. The bank warned in a le...

Wed, 11 May 2022 04:55:01 GMT
Averting Further Fragmentation of the Armed Forces
[Crisis Group] Disbanded in 2013, today the Central African army is present throughout the country. But structural problems could weaken it once again. To avoid a downward spiral, Bangui and its international partners should apply the principles laid...

Mon, 23 May 2022 07:49:04 GMT
Abuses By Russia-Linked Forces
[HRW] Nairobi -- Killings, Torture of Civilians



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