[HRW]Bangui -Thousands of residents in the last remaining Muslim neighborhoods in the Central African Republic's capital have been under repeated attack. They are neither safe enough to remain peaceably in Bangui, the capital, nor to travel to other areas. Since March 22, 2014, anti-balaka fighters and others dressed in the uniforms of the national army have killed at least eight Muslim residents and...
[Cameroon Tribune]The Central African Republic, CAR, is today plagued by an untold humanitarian and security crisis following months of sectarian violence. One year after the March 24, 2013 coup by the Séléka coalition of rebel groups that was preceded by a short bush war, the country is in shambles....
[IRIN]Bangui -Amid an upsurge in attacks on African Union (AU) peacekeepers, the UN special representative in the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the population and leaders to "get a grip" and not allow blind hatred to destroy the country....
[RFI]French President François Hollande will be jointly chair a mini-summit on the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) in Brussels next Wednesday. Central African Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza will visit Paris on Tuesday before accompanying Hollande to the Belgian capital....
[WFP]In the latest example of the sporting world joining the fight against hunger, Olympique Marseille has donated $15,000 to WFP school meals programmes in the Central African Republic....
[UNHCR]More than 20 per cent of the population of the Central African Republic has been uprooted by violence or persecution, with 615,700 internally displaced people (IDP) and more than 312,000 refugees in neighbouring countries at the beginning of March. Many of those forcibly displaced by the violence live in precarious sites, such as the settlement that has mushroomed at M'Poko, next to Bangui's...
[HRW]Human Rights Watch welcomes the first oral update of the Independent Expert and the report presented by the High Commissioner for Human Rights....
[AI London]The European Union (EU) must immediately put into action its plans to deploy peacekeeping troops to protect civilians in the Central African Republic amid a worrying new surge in violence, Amnesty International said today....
[UN News]United Nations officials in the Central African Republic (CAR) highlighted today the lack of sufficient funding for humanitarian operations and the constant instability as the main challenges in pulling the country out of its current crisis, and urged the international community for support....
[ThinkAfricaPress]In a year, the CAR's crisis has deepened as the conflict has spread and taken on old and new dimensions....
[MSF]From 22 to 24 March, heavy fire from automatic weapons and grenade explosions were heard around the PK5 and PK12 neighbourhoods in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic (CAR). MSF teams treated 38 wounded, three of whom died of their injuries....
[VOA]Bangui -Peacekeepers and aid groups are trying to ease tensions between Christians and Muslims in a diamond mining area of the Central African Republic. The town of Boda is one of the last in the western C.A.R. still inhabited by a large number of Muslims. The government has told militiamen there to stop threatening this community, but the fighters say the Muslims must leave....
[VOA]The African peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic said it will now treat the anti-balaka militia groups as "enemies."...
[HRW]Bangui -Thousands of civilians are in dire need of immediate protection and assistance in the Central African Republic. One year after a coup by the Seleka rebel coalition, international efforts to address the crisis remain woefully inadequate. There is particularly an urgent need to end impunity for ongoing abuses and ensure accountability for crimes committed by all parties....
[IFRC]During times of normality, Robert Ngouandjia is a police commissioner in the Central African Republic, living a good life with his two wives and 13 children....
[VOA]Bangui -Four young Muslims were killed in the Central African Republic capital Bangui over the weekend, among them a son and a brother of an important community leader, the mayor of the city's 3rd Arrondissement, or district. Their friends and relatives are asking why international peacekeepers are not permanently stationed on the frontline between their community and a neighboring hostile district....
[Deutsche Welle]A year ago Seleka rebels ousted President Bozize in Central African Republic. The Seleka too have since been deposed and replaced by a new interim government. Prime Minister Andre Nzapayeke outlines his priorities....
[IRIN]Boda (Western CAR) -Anti-balaka militia fighters at the diamond mining town of Boda in the Central African Republic (CAR) have rejected a government-sponsored attempt to allow a Muslim community of about 12,000 people to stay there....
[savethechildren_uk]It is a year ago today that rebels ousted the President of the Central African Republic and set the nation on a path that has seen it descend into chaos. Since that day, we've seen two presidents and the arrival of French troops and additional African peacekeepers....
[UN News]Despite some improvement in the security situation of the Central African Republic (CAR) - especially in the capital, Bangui - conditions remain grave for civilians and sexual violence continues to be used by all parties during attacks, particularly against women and children, a United Nations envoy discovered during a recent trip to the country....