Social / CSR in Central Africa Republic
-
FRANCE, 2015/05/02
The UN has denied allegations it was part of a plan to cover-up the sexual abuse of children by French soldiers in the Central African Republic. The organization has said other similar cases may as well come to light.
"Offensive" was the word used by the United Nations on Friday to describe suggestions that the organization had participated in a cover-up of the alleged sexual abuse of children by French soldiers in the Central African Republic.
Revelations made public this week say that a leaked UN statement from last July alleges French peacekeeping troops in the war-torn country sexually assaulted hungry children in exchange for food, causing an international uproar.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2015/04/18
Between Ebola, terrorism, xenophobia and conflict fatigue, there are plenty of reasons why you haven’t heard much from the Central African Republic in the last few months. That doesn’t mean nothing is happening. SIMON ALLISON assesses where the stricken country is, and where it’s going. The signs are not encouraging.
This week, in Nairobi, two deposed and exiled former presidents of the Central African Republic (CAR) signed what may just be the majority bizarre peace transaction in recent history.
Far from Bangui, and without any input from the transitional government there that is struggling to fix the mess these two men made, Francois Bozize and Michel Djotodia agreed to a truce, and declared themselves committed to “real peace through reconciliation”. It was, said Djotodia, an “historic turning point… to find a solution to the Central African crisis”.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2015/02/12
The United Nations stabilization mission in the crisis-gripped Central African Republic (CAR) announced today that it has retaken public buildings in Bria, illegally occupied by ex-Séléka rebels.
UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters in New York that the operation, conducted with the support of French forces, took place next the repeated refusal of the armed groups to peacefully evacuate the premises, and aimed at ending the existence of a parallel government.
Mr. Haq added that Babacar Gaye, chief of the UN mission, known as MINUSCA, reiterated the determination of international forces to protect the people and support the restoration of the National's authority, for the organization of free, equitable, transparent and open elections in the country.
Press reports suggest that UN peacekeepers and French forces used helicopters retake rebel-held positions in Bria, a town northeast of the capital, Bangui.
-
AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20
The richest 1 % are likely to control additional than half of the globe’s total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday. The warning about deepening world inequality comes just as the world’s business elite prepare to meet this week at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The 80 wealthiest people in the world all own $1.9 trillion, the statement found, nearly the same all shared by the 3.5 billion people who occupy the bottom half of the world’s gain scale. (Last year, it took 85 billionaires to equal that figure.) And the richest 1 % of the people, who number in the millions, control nearly half of the world’s total wealth, a share that is as well increasing.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2015/01/02
Strife-torn Central African Republic is showing signs of moving towards broad national dialogue - a direction prescribed by the Security Council as critical to ensure lasting peace - the Appropriate Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the country has said today.
"If I had to summarize in one word what inspires me on December 30, 2014, that word would be 'hope,'" Babacar Gaye said during a press conference today in Bangui.
He referred to a Security Council Presidential Statement of 18 December that reiterated the Council's call for disarmament of all parties and dialogue as the only route to lasting peace.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2014/12/20
Children's situation in CAR - Two out of five children urgently needing humanitarian aid in Central African Republic (CAR) are without it, thanks to a critical lack of funding and continued conflict, a year next extreme violence tore through the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
'Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are no longer making headlines, but over 2.5 million of them continue to live in constant fear,' Mr. Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said in a statement obtained by PANA in New York Thursday.
'They have little access to essential services and rely entirely on humanitarian aid. As we prepare to mark the New Year, we must seize the luck to give these children a better next,' he said.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2014/12/11
Despite a volatile security situation and ongoing fighting throughout the country, the Central African Republic (CAR) is presently entering "a critical phase" in its transition to stability and democracy, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today, as he urged the international community to remain engaged in the war-torn country.
In his briefing to the 15-member Council, Under-Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, spotlighted a potentially explosive situation in the CAR amid continuing violent clashes between the Séléka alliance and anti-Balaka militia in areas surrounding the capital, Bangui.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2014/12/06
At the same time as I initial landed in Central African Republic (CAR) just over one month ago, 20,000 people were still sheltering on the patch of dirt at Bangui Airport they initial claimed a year before. In December 2013, what had by presently been a ‘forgotten crisis’ came to a peak at the same time as the Seleka who had invaded the capital, Bangui, were pushed back North by the Anti Balaka, an armed group that rose up to retaliate against abuses. Violence fanned out across the country, displacing nearly one million people, and one year later, the humanitarian situation remains catastrophic.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2014/07/11
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that the violence in Central African Republic (CAR) was threatening humanitarian assistance and creating major difficulties for relief workers in the field.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, WFP spokesperson, Ms. Elisabeth Byrs said the difficulties spawned by deteriorating security, was compounded by drought and lack of precipitation in parts of the country, notably in the northwest, causing decline in agricultural production.
Furthermore, a lack of fuel for airplanes was hampering operations in the CAR. The United Nations air service has had to reduce its destinations to one flight by week, for all destinations.
-
CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2014/06/05
Thousands of women and children fleeing the Central African Republic (CAR) for Cameroon arrive in a 'shocking national', malnourished and dangerously ill, the heads of two United Nations humanitarian agencies said today, warning that their funds are nearly exhausted and that hundreds of thousands of people could die unless urgent contributions are received.
"We must all act presently or additional children will needlessly suffer. We must intervene to save lives and prevent a worsening situation," said Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres.
Refugees from CAR have been arriving in Cameroon since early December. They are presently arriving at a rate of up to 2,000 people per week, the majority of them women and children, according to a joint news release issued by WFP and the High Commissioner's office (UNHCR).
