ICC orders release of Congo “warlord” Jean-Pierre Bemba
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered the release of former DRC vice-president, who was acquitted last week of war crimes. The Hague-based court […]
Central African Republic
CAR approves new Court to probe war crimes
Central African Republic has approved a law creating a special criminal court to investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the war-torn […]
Militias kill UN peacekeeper, score of civilians in Central African Republic
Christian anti-balaka militants on Tuesday attacked the United Nations base in Tagbara, about 300 km northeast of the capital of the Central Africa Republic, killing […]
Six aid workers killed in Central African Republic
A UN official and five other education workers were killed in Central African Republic, UNICEF said in a statement. The UNICEF employee and five other […]
Africa: Conflict, climate change behind hunger of 224 million – UN
About 224 million people are suffering from malnutrition in Africa as effects of climate change and conflicts bite, the United Nations warned on Monday. According […]
CAR: French prosecutor drops sex abuse cases against French troops
French investigating magistrates on Monday, closed a probe into allegations that French peacekeepers of Operation Sangaris, raped children in the Central African Republic (CAR), while […]
CAR needs a strong state – France’s Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday held talks with his Central African Republic counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadera and discussed ways to further intensify bilateral relations and […]
MINUSCA: Moroccan peacekeeper killed in Bangassou
A Moroccan soldier, member of UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR) was killed Sunday in Bangassou, South-East of the country in an attack […]
CAR: UN calls for aid for civilians swept up in ‘new spiral of escalating violence’
Warning that violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) is quickly escalating, the top United Nations aid official in the country Thursday urged the international […]
African fallen peacekeepers honoured by the UN
The United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday honoured 117 peacekeepers, including many Africans, who lost their lives while serving in peacekeeping operations in 2016, […]