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Central Africa: UN official strongly condemns attacks on sites for internally displaced

New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The top UN relief official in the Central African Republic (CAR) has condemned repeated and deadly attacks that took place last week on sites for internally displaced people (IDPs) in the towns of Batangafo and Bambari. more

Central Africa: UN refugee agency condemns attack on camp in Batangafo

New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following a killing and revenge attack on a camp for internally displace people in the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Batangafo, the Office o ...

Central Africa: UN mission to ‘stamp out’ sexual exploitation by peacekeepers

New York, Aug 21 (JEN): Condemning all cases of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by its personnel, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central ...

Central Africa: Ban 'dismayed' by allegations of abuse by UN 'blue helmets'

New York, Aug 12 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his consternation regarding a number of allegations concerning the conduct of United Nations peacekeepers deployed to the ...

Central Africa: UN investigating incident leading to death of five blue helmets

New York, Aug 10 (JEN): The United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has launched an investigation into an incident on Saturday in which a Rwandan peacekeeper shot dead f ...

Central Africa: Security Council condemns attacks that killed peacekeeper

New York, Aug 4 (JEN): The members of the Security Council condemned on Monday in the strongest terms the attacks against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabiliza ...

UN condemns surge in armed attacks on main supply route in Central Africa

New York, Jul 21 (JEN): The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Monday condemned a recent series of armed attacks perpetrated by rebel elements.

Central Africa: Surge in violence triggers new displacement

New York, Feb 25 (JEN): An upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has triggered fresh displacement inside the country and across the border into the Democratic Republic of ...

Central Africa: UN agency delivers food to thousands of refugees on Nigeria-Chad border

New York, Jan 24 (JEN) With a “tense and highly volatile” situation in North-Eastern Nigeria at the Chadian Lac border, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday tha ...

Ban appoints head of UN regional office in Central Africa

New York, May 1 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as the head of the United Nations political office tasked with helping to conso ...

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