On 7 February, 160 Congolese DRC refugees returned home. The refugees repatriated back to the Province of Equator in DRC Congo, which neighbors Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), where most of these refugees were living. Most had fled insecurity in their home country less than a decade ag...

Income generating activities for youth are contributing to creating conditions for return. In this direction ACTED has employed up to 200 youths to assist in the construction of the first pilot “safe haven”. This haven will have the capacity to host around 3,000 persons at night in case of incidents...

On 1 February 2014, the newly elected President of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza visited three IDP sites together with the humanitarian community (IOM, OCHA, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, and WFP). The sites visited included the Boy Rabe Monastery in the 4th arrondissement of Bangui, the site of...

On the 19 January 2014, in a joint effort with IOM, UNHCR repatriated 201 urban refugees to N’Djamena, Chad. This was the second repatriation of urban refugees since the worsening of the crisis in the Central African Republic. On January 17 the first departure of 3 Sudanese refugees took place. This...

On the 17 January 2014, the USAID Regional Rep, Nancy Lindberg, Assistant Administrator visited the joint UNHCR-WFP distribution of NFI and food within M’Poko Airport in Bangui. The distribution at the site is an inter-agency effort involving UNHCR, WFP and its implementing partner COOPI. UNHCR acts...

BANGUI, République centrafricaine, 17 décembre (HCR) – Selon le personnel du HCR en République centrafricaine, environ 210 000 personnes ont été déracinées par les violences ces deux dernières semaines à Bangui, la capitale en proie aux combats. « A Bangui, notre personnel signale des tirs en con...