[IFRC]"I am 6 months pregnant. I am yet to start ante-natal visits because of lack of money. During my last medical visit to the camp's health centre, all I received as medication were a few tablets of paracetamol," says Florence Mongai, one of thousands of women forced to flee their homes due to ongoing violence in the Central African Republic....
[UNHCR]Geneva -As instability and violence continue to plague the Central African Republic, UNHCR and 14 other humanitarian agencies are asking donors to fund emergency operations in support of the growing number of people who have been fleeing from CAR since December last year....
[UN News]United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners today launched a joint appeal to donors to fund emergency operations in support of the growing number of people who have been fleeing the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) since last December....
[VOA]Geneva -Fifteen United Nations and private humanitarian agencies are appealing for $274 million to fund emergency aid for people fleeing violence in the Central African Republic. Nearly 200,000 people have fled the C.A.R. since December, but the U.N. says it expects that number to grow to more than 360,000 by the end of the year....
[VOA]Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) information minister has expressed concern that the conflict in neighboring Central African Republic (C.A.R) could threaten security of the entire region....
[SAnews.gov.za]The African Union (AU) has welcomed the establishment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR)....
[African Union]The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, welcomes the adoption, by the United Nations (UN) Security Council on 10 April 2014, of resolution 2149 (2014) authorizing the establishment of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic - CAR (MINUSCA). The transfer of authority from the African-led...
[ThinkAfricaPress]A 12,000-strong UN force is a positive step, but there are still five months before it's deployed and questions remain over where the troops and funding will come from....
[Deutsche Welle]Central African Republic Prime Minister Nzapayeke tells DW he welcomes a UN decision to send 12,000 troops to his country. The peacekeepers will help restore stability and prepare the ground for next year's elections....
[State Department]U.S. Support for UN Security Council Resolution Authorizing a UN Peacekeeping Operation for the Central African Republic...
[State Department]FACT SHEET: U.S. Support for the Central African Republic...
[State Department]Washington -U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power says the U.N. Security Council took a major step toward ending atrocities, inter-religious fighting and the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic by establishing almost 12,000 peacekeepers....
[Cameroon Tribune]The 12,000-strong force will begin deploying on September 15, 2014....
[UNHCR]Gore -Asia* and her family had no time to pack their belongings. "I had to spend most of my cash, 10,000 FCFA (about USD 20), to get to Chad. We had nothing when we arrived and I had to feed my children," she says....
[Christian Aid]Following today's United Nation's Security Council resolution to send 11,800 blue helmet peacekeepers to the Central African Republic (CAR), Christian Aid stresses the urgent need to disarm warring factions and scale up protection for the 980,000 civilians displaced so far by violence....
[UN News]Racing against time and bad weather, prodding fickle donors and an indifferent general public, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working on all fronts to support millions of desperate people in the Central African Republic (CAR) and to keep international attention focused on the escalating crisis....
[Deutsche Welle]The situation in the Central African Republic remains chaotic. An EU mission, including a German contingent, is to support French and African troops already in the country, but it will take some time before they arrive....
[UN]Resolution 2149 (2014) Mandates 15 September as Date for Transfer of Authority...
[VOA]Bangui -The United Nations says 19,000 Muslims in the Central African Republic remain in imminent danger and should be relocated to safer towns farther north or outside the country. But it is a complex issue, as tens of thousands of Muslims have already fled their homes in the capital and the western half of the country following attacks....
[State Department]United States Mission to the United Nations...