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La MINUSCA condamne fermement les actes de violence perpétrées par les ex-séléka à Dékoa
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MINUSCA, 06/09/2016
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Le 3 septembre, dans la région de Dekoa, un affrontement entre un groupe de fugitifs ex-sélékas remontant vers le Nord et des villageois de Nangayan a entraîné la mort de deux villageois (dont le chef du village), et d’une troisième personne non identifiée, présumée ex-séléka dont le corps a été remis aux autorités locales de Dékoa par la MINUSCA, en présence de la Croix-Rouge.
Le bataillon burundais de la MINUSCA est immédiatement intervenu pour protéger et rassurer la population.
Plus tard dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, une unité du bataillon burundais de la MINUSCA a été prise à partie à 5km au Nord de Dekoa par une colonne de motos ex-séléka tentant de forcer le passage vers le Sud. Les soldats de la MINUSCA ont riposté. L’un des assaillants a trouvé la mort et trois motos ont été saisies. Deux soldats burundais ont été grièvement bless... |
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WHO heightens health response to cholera outbreak in CAR
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WHO , 10/08/2016
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Bangui/Brazzaville, 11 August 2016 – Amid an ongoing complex humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are working with the country’s Ministry of Health respond to a cholera outbreak declared on 10 August 2016 with 46 confirmed cases and 13 deaths from Djoujou, Damara and Bangui cities.
“This cholera outbreak in villages along the banks of the Oubangui river simply compounds the already worrisome health security needs for the people in the CAR who have already suffered so much from the effects of a protracted humanitarian crisis due to war and displacement,” said Dr Michel Yao, WR representative to CAR.
The reported cases are mainly from villages along the river bordering DRC’s Equateur province where the index case fell sick after travel from DRC.
WHO is also assisting the government of DRC to resp... |
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Central Africa's president to hold talks with rebels
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Dailymail, 02/08/2016
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The Central African Republic's president said Monday he would soon hold talks with rebel groups as he seeks to restore security after years of sectarian violence.
"Either this week or next week, we will initiate an exchange with representatives of the armed groups, in order to clarify some points," President Faustin-Archange Touadera told local radio station Ndeke Luka.
"There are many weapons in the country, a lot of banditry," said Touadera, adding that in parts of the impoverished nation "people cannot go to the fields".
Referring to a campaign dubbed the "DDR" (disarmament, demobilisation and social reintegration), Touadera said "the process must begin very soon".
A total of 3,152 former fighters have registered in the DDR programme in the past year, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Central Africa said in late July.
The Central African Republic descended in... |
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What Drives the Violence in the Central African Republic
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STRATFOR, 27/07/2016
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Summary
Even with a freely elected government in place, the Central African Republic has its share of troubles. The French forces that have helped stabilize the war-torn region are steadily departing despite a growing number of attacks. French President Francois Hollande confirmed July 13 that the surge of French troops sent to intervene in 2013 will complete its withdrawal by October 2016. The assertion comes amid reports of renewed violence in the former French colony. Murders, kidnappings and looting in Bangui, the country's capital, have become more frequent. Reports indicate that since early June, more than 6,000 people have fled for Cameroon to the east and Chad to the north. The new wave of refugees has strained already stretched humanitarian budgets, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which said it has received only 11 percent of the ... |
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Fresh rebel attack in Central Africa
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International the news, 26/07/2016
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BANGUI, Central African Republic: At least three people were killed in an attack by militia in the troubled Bambari region of the Central African Republic, informed sources said on Sunday.
Armed herdsmen and fighters from the mainly Muslim former rebel Seleka movement attacked the southern town of Ngakobo, some 30 kilometres outside Bambari, on Saturday, "firing on sight" at houses, a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"At least three people were killed and several more injured," he added, adding hundreds of local people had fled their homes for neighbouring villages.
Isaac Gonaba, a teacher, said a fellow teacher was among the dead and indicated two employees from the local Sucaf sugar factory had also been killed.
Other residents reported the situation as calm Sunday but that armed men were still in the vicinity.
Ngakobo saw a spate of attacks during two ... |
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UN: Ban appoints deputy UN envoy in Central African Republic
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PANAPRESS - Pan African News Agency, 26/07/2016
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New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mr. Fabrizio Hochschild of Chile as new UN Deputy Special Representative for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
Mr. Hochschild succeeds Aurelien Agbenonci of Benin who was appointed Foreign Minister of his country in April 2016.
In a statement obtained by PANA in New York late Friday, Ban thanked Mr. Agbenonci for his service and commitment to support the political transition in the country during a critical time between 2014 and 2016.
Mr. Hochschild will also be the new UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Central African Republic.
Most recently, he had been Deputy to the UN Special Adviser for the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants,... |
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More than 6,000 people flee to Chad and Cameroon to escape violence in the Central African Republic|
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KORA-UNHCR, 08/07/2016
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Most new refugees are women and children, they arrived exhausted, hungry and traumatized
N’DJAMENA, CHAD, 8 July 2016 (UNHCR) – Thousands of people from Central African Republic (CAR) have crossed the border into Chad and Cameroon to escape renewed tension and fighting since mid-June in their fragile country and we fear that more will come. UNHCR staff in southern Chad have helped the Government’s national refugee commission register more than 5,643 CAR refugees in the villages of Sourouh and Mini, located near Mbitoye, some three and seven kilometres from the border. Screening and registration of new arrivals is continuing. A further 555 refugees have crossed to Yamba village in eastern Cameroon.
The exodus began on June 12 when clashes erupted between livestock herders and local arable farmers in and around the north-west town of Ngaoundaye, Ouham Pende region. Such clashes... |
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Central African Republic: Touadera’s first 100 days in office
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DW, 08/07/2016
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Restoring peace and security – that's President Faustin Archange Touadera’s main task. He took office 100 days ago, but the Central African Republic (CAR) still has a long way to go before becoming a stable state.
One UN soldier killed, six police officers kidnapped and three members of the Muslim Seleka militia shot dead in the capital Bangui, all in the month of June. And outside the capital, the situation does not look any better. "The north-east and east of the country is not under government control," said Thierry Vircoulon, a regional expert with the Institut Francais des Relations Internationales in Paris. The second biggest city, Bambari in the central part of the country also experienced fighting in early July. According to AFP, at least 10 people were killed as a result of fighting between rebel groups in the second biggest city, Bambari, in early July. "And in the west an... |
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U.N. hikes 2016 humanitarian appeal to record $21.6 bln after new disasters
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Thomson Reuters Foundation, 28/06/2016
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By Megan Rowling
BARCELONA, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations has raised its 2016 humanitarian funding appeal to a record $21.6 billion from $19.7 billion, partly due to new disasters including a cyclone that battered Fiji and an earthquake that hit Ecuador, as well as the deepening impact of El Nino.
The money will go to help 95.4 million people hit hardest by conflicts and natural disasters in 40 countries, although a total of 130 million are in need of aid, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
But even as needs are rising steadily, the 2016 appeal has received only a quarter of the total requested so far, leaving a gap of $16.1 billion, OCHA said, releasing the revised figures on Monday in New York.
"Underfunding jeopardises the lives of people affected by conflict and disaster," U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator... |
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Centrafrique: regain de tensions au moment où les Français s'en vont
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AFP, 28/06/2016
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Bangui, Centrafrique | AFP | mardi 28/06/2016 - 07:51 GMT |
par Christian PANIKA à Bangui et Célia LEBUR à Libreville
Enlèvement de policiers en plein Bangui, villages attaqués en province, rebelles qui ne désarment pas: après plusieurs mois d'accalmie, la Centrafrique renoue avec les violences au moment où la force militaire française Sangaris s'en va.
Tous voulaient y croire, lorsqu'en novembre 2015, le pape François en visite à Bangui est venu délivrer son message de paix. Et la trêve fut bien réelle, le temps pour les Centrafricains d'élire un nouveau président, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, chargé de mettre fin à une transition politique chaotique et de redresser un pays miné par trois années de conflit.
Mais la situation sécuritaire demeure extrêmement fragile, comme l'a démontré le regain de tensions à Bangui la semaine dernière, le plus fort de... |
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