3 week agoMINUSCA notes an increase in abuses / violations compared to the previous week. Mbomou, Mambéré-Kadéï and Bamingui-Bangoran as well as Bangui the most affected. The alleged perpetrators are armed groups as well as state forces
4 week agoRA-85041 RFF503 spotted at 09h00 utc over Central African Republic, possibly heading to Brazzaville or Kinshasa
Central African Republic: the former president of the National Assembly, Abdou Karim Meckassoua, has left Bangui
Pentagon on record says no flights are coming or going from Kabul. Unclear when airfields will be clear
1 month agoHeavy fighting started between ANDSF and Taliban - the Taliban launched large scale attack against Faizabad city in Shorabak, PD3, Kata Khirman, PD1 located 4KM from the governors office and in Layaba area in PD8, Faizabad city, residents and officials
Central African Republic: The United Nations Security Council extended the arms embargo against the Central African Republic by 12 months, as members alarmed the deteriorating situation in the country
2 month agoBangui (RCA): the Chief @UNPOL MINUSCA, the Commissioner of Police Christophe Bizimungu of Rwanda, visited this 08/07 the Mauritanian unit of Police formed to observe their working conditions and note the challenges
The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation called the accusations in the UN report against Russian military instructors in the Central African Republic groundless
[email protected] says he warned CAR President Touadéra abt Russia/Wagner last week "I told him you have to acknowledge it's not a viable solution. It's a risk for you bcs of the violation of human rights.You'll have no control on Wagner & you'll have lost some sovereignty to them"
Britain has joined France in accusing Russia of war crimes in CAR
The New York Times says it has obtained a UN report revealing the involvement of Russian mercenaries in committing killings in Central Africa
Paris slams Moscow for what it claims is a "seizure of power" in the Central African Republic
An attack that killed six Chadian soldiers at a border post with the Central African Republic will be jointly investigated by the two countries, after a high-level meeting appeared to ease tensions
France president Macron says Central African Republican is a "hostage" of Russia private military contractor Wagner group
Central African Republic: A presidential decree dated May 31, 2021 eases the curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Central African Republic / Elections: 42 deputies declared "provisionally" elected in the 2nd round of the partial legislative elections and 8 admitted in the 2nd round of the residual partials. The final results will be proclaimed by the Constitutional Court. Source: ANE / May 30, 2021
3 month agoA few days ago, one of the settlements in the commune of Ngrevi-Kpamia in the north of CAR was attacked by militants from the UPC. Upon the arrival of government forces and Wagner, a battle ensued, during which armed militants were driven out of the captured positions
3 month agoOn May 21, 2021, the Mi-8MT and Mi-24V helicopters were delivered to the Central African Republic by the An-124 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Russia has supplied the CAR with a new batch of small arms, including 5,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, the Russian ambassador told RIA Novosti.
Central Africa says Frenchman with large cache of weapons held
4 month agoCentral African Republic: A French national arrested in Bangui with military equipment. It is presented to the press today at the OCRB
4 month agoChad: +2,000 refugees from #CARcrisis have arrived in Chad this week, following clashes in Kaga-Bandoro, Batangafo & Kabo regions. They are in need of shelter, food, water, sanitation & healthcare. Violence has increased in CAR following Dec's elections
More than 500 Russian military instructors are now working in the CAR, there are no plans to increase their number yet - Russian Foreign Ministry
There are no Russian mercenaries in the CAR, there are 775 civilian instructors working under the mandate of the UN Security Council, - the officers' association
5 month agoA Russian private military company convoy reportedly arrived in CAR from Sudan with a Wagner Shchuka Ural-432007 0111-31 MRAP, Ural-4320, and UAZ Patriot and Pick up trucks
5 month agoMiraziz Bazarov, an Uzbek blogger, who openly supports LGBT rights is in hospital after being heavily beaten by radicals this evening. Broken leg, concussion.He's been receiving death threats from Islamist bloggers for a while. He reported them but police did nothing. Uzbekistan
5 month agoTashkent today. An angry mob is protesting against decriminalisation of same sex conduct between men even though the gov is not planning it. Over the past days Uzbek social media have been on fire over the issue of LGBT rights Uzbekistan
6 month agoAmbassadors are checking information from the reportage of Alexander Rogatkin, who said that an SA 341 Gazelle helicopter with Russian specialists on board crashed in the CAR, everyone was able to survive.
6 month agoDisarmament and demobilization operations. In Bangui, 86 combatants from the Renovated Seleka were disarmed and demobilized under the National DDRR Program. 33 weapons of war, 16,000 ammunition and 190 explosives were collected
7 month agoA recent photo of two Ilyushin Il-76MD transport aircraft of the Russian Air Force at the Bangui M'Poko International Airport in the Central African Republic
