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February 2021 Criminal groups abducted hundreds in north west, while ethnic and regional tensions ran high in south amid farmer-herder conflict; meanwhile, tensions rose in south east between govt and Biafra secessionists. Criminal groups in Feb reportedly killed at least 112 and kidnapped over 450 people, mostly in Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states (north west), but also in Niger state (Middle Belt). Notably, armed group 17 Feb abducted 42 students and school personnel in Niger state,...

Chad Emergency External Update (Logone Oriental Province) - 16 February 2021 Format OVERVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY AND RESPONSE On 22 December 2020, few days before the presidential elections of 27 December in the Central African Republic, armed violence broke out causing thousands of people to flee to neighbouring countries. In Chad, the new arrivals entered through the Logone Province in several villages surrounding the border including Ndoubasoh, Kombat, Bethanie and Bekoninga. Some people among ...

COVID-19 update As of 3 February, there have been 3,433 reported cases and 121 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 27 January and 3 February, 137 new cases and three deaths were reported. Health personnel represents 5.5 per cent of all confirmed cases (187 people), an increase of 0.5 per cent or 25 people compared to last week. Following un upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the Lac province (from five cases and one death in May 2020 to a sudden 43 cases and two deaths in January 2021), the humanitarian ...

Central African Republic: Families in Bouar seek refuge in church after rebel attacks 167 shares 18/01/2021 - 15:45 People living in Bouar in the Central African Republic sought shelter in the local cathedral after rebel attacks on January 7 and 9. © Facebook Text by: Poline Tchoubar 7 min Armed groups opposed to President Faustin-Archange Touadéra carrie...

another attack by combatants on a UN convoy, which left a peacekeeper from Burundi dead, and two others wounded. In an appeal for an immediate end to all bloodshed - which has included deadly clashes with UN peacekeepers and Fridays attack in Ouaka prefecture - UNHCR also said that mass displacement has continued outside the country since the 27 December Presidential poll, reversing a trend of people returning to CAR in recent years. “What is clear is the situation has evolved, it has worsene...

GENEVA (15 January 2021) – A UN human rights expert said today impunity will continue to fuel violence and conflict in the Central African Republic unless perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law are arrested, prosecuted and tried. Yao Agbetse, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the CAR, said the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) had obstructed the country’s electoral campaign in Decembe...

"Worsening" election violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced 120,000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on...

English News and Press Release on Central African Republic about Protection and Human Rights; published on 15 Jan 2021 by UN HRC

Fighting has broken out in the western Central African Republic (CAR) days before national elections, as a coalition of armed groups fight government and UN forces just 150km from the capital Bangui. The violence comes following a major spike in political tensions exacerbated by the decision of the country’s Constitutional Court to block former President Francois Bozizé from running in elections scheduled to take place on 27 December. The UN mission in the country, deployed since 2014, has ...

Saving the Central African Republic’s elections and averting another cycle of violence Format The Central African Republic is beset with fresh violence days before voting slated for 27 December. If the election is to go forward, and the country to avoid further turmoil, neighbouring heads of state will need to help rival politicians strike a deal. Fighting has broken out in the western Central African Republic (CAR) days before national elections, as a coalition of armed groups fight governme...