[State Department]Washington -On May 15, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) began airlifting lifesaving relief supplies to the Central African Republic (CAR), where ongoing violence has left an estimated 2.5 million people -- more than half the country's population -- in need of urgent humanitarian assistance....
[Unicef]Bangui -UNICEF and partners have secured the release of over 1,000 children from armed groups in the Central African Republic this year, more than five times the total number of children released in 2013....
[IMF]The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on May 14, 2014 financial assistance under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in the amount equivalent to SDR 8.355 million (about US$12.9 million) for the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) in support of the authorities's emergency economic recovery program....
[UN News]As fighting worsens in northern Central African Republic, United Nations humanitarian agencies and partners are working to protect displaced people and children, and to support conflict-hit farmers, it was announced today....
[UNHCR]Bangui -Stepped-up fighting in Central African Republic has triggered new displacement in the troubled country, with thousands fleeing their homes, the UN refugee agency reported on Friday....
[UNHCR]This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 16 May 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva....
[Daily Maverick]Chadian President Idriss Deby wants to shut down the long border his country shares with the CAR. He's had enough of the constant stream of refugees flooding his southern provinces, and international law be damned. Here's the irony, though: if Deby hadn't meddled so much in the CAR in the first place, maybe all those refugees wouldn't be in such a hurry to flee....
[FAO]Rome -FAO also providing longer-term assistance to rebuild livelihoods and increase resilience in conflict-stricken nation...
[PR Newswire]New York -The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate investigation into the death of French freelance photojournalist Camille Lepage, 26, in the Central African Republic. In a statement issued today, the French government said that French troops had discovered Lepage's body in a vehicle driven by fighters of the anti-Balaka Christian militia, according to news reports....
[IMF]The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on May 14, 2014 financial assistance under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in the amount equivalent to SDR 8.355 million (about US$12.9 million) for the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) in support of the authorities's emergency economic recovery program. The financial assistance from the IMF will help the Transitional Authorities...
[Deutsche Welle]The Central African Republic is no safe place for journalists. The shooting of the French photographer Camille Lepage highlights the plight of both local and foreign reporters in the CAR....
[VOA]UNICEF's Representative to the Central African Republic said children have fallen victim to malnutrition and recruitment as child soldiers. He warned the conflict has growing regional implications....
[Congresswoman Karen Bass]WASHINGTON, DC--Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, released the following statement on President Obama announcing sanctions for the Central African Republic:...
[IFEX]The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have urged the transitional government of the Central African Republic and all international forces based in the country to do everything in their power to ensure the murderers of French journalist, Camille Lepage, answer for their crimes....
[MediaGlobal]On Friday, UNICEF reported that nearly two-thirds of schools in the Central African Republic (CAR) remain closed due to a brutal ongoing sectarian conflict that has displaced hundreds of thousands and left 2.2 million people in need of humanitarian aid....
[African Arguments]Years before he took up arms as a rebel, the new military chief of the Seleka rebel alliance, Joseph Zindeko, was shot in the knee (the bullet exited through his thigh - he showed me the scars) and in the stomach. Another time a bullet just grazed his behind his ear....
[UN News]The United Nations has condemned the murder of well-known French photojournalist Camille Lepage, whose body was found in the Bouar region in the western part of war-torn Central African Republic (CAR), where she had been working....
[State Department]Statement by the Press Secretary on the Central African Republic...
[RFI]French MPs on Wednesday observed a minute of silence for French photojournalist Camille Lepage, who was killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) this week. Paris has opened into an inquiry into her death and militamen who were with her body....
[UN]The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Oh Joon (Republic of Korea):...