Central African Republic
- Anastasiia Carrier
- • May 9, 2022
The presence of the Russian state-linked Wagner Group mercenaries in the diamond-rich Central African Republic has been bloody. Now it seems that Russia has used its power in the United Nations Security Council to protect its exploits and geostrategic…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Security Council
- Maurizio Guerrero
- • December 14, 2021
Ten unarmed United Nations peacekeepers traveling in a clearly identified UN minibus were wounded on Nov. 1 by gunshots fired at them by presidential palace guards in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Two of the peacekeepers…
- Categories: Africa, UN Peacekeeping
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • December 10, 2021
UN human rights chief reiterates calls to end arbitrary detentions in Myanmar; seven peacekeepers killed in Mali; how is reform of the UN development system going? You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the…
- Categories: This Week @UN
- Yujie Zhou
- • December 9, 2021
The Central African Republic has long suffered from internal strife and human-rights abuses, but the situation now is perhaps the worst it has ever been and could grow more dire. The central government controls only a small portion of…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, US Foreign Relations
- Barbara Crossette
- • October 25, 2017
The 2017 Global Hunger Index produced many sadly predictable findings but also worrying surprises. The report’s subtitle, “The Inequalities of Hunger,” suggests a reason. Naomi Hossain, the guest author of the report, looks at the power structures that can…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Poverty, Take a Look
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 14, 2015
Alleged rapes by French soldiers of boys in the Central African Republic from December 2013 to June 2014 were actually known by French officers in Bangui, the capital, as the sexual abuses occurred, says a new investigative report published…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 10, 2014
The United Nations Security Council has authorized yet another peacekeeping force for an African country, the Central African Republic, approving up to 12,000 military and police personnel who are not likely to arrive until mid-September. The goal of the…
- Categories: Asia, Child Soldiers, Peace and Security, Security Council
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 28, 2014
Now that Gao, a remote but critical outpost in northern Mali, has become a hub of military personnel — Mali Army, French troops and UN peacekeepers — to fend off terrorist incursions, it is also a simmering spot for…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 1, 2014
The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations tried to maintain calm in many regions in 2013, but none more so than in Africa. In December alone, it lost numerous peacekeepers in three missions on the continent. By year’s end,…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 24, 2013
Joseph Kony, the notorious Ugandan warlord who has been on the run in the central African bush for years, may be hiding and ready to surrender in the Central African Republic as the United Nations is most likely to…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 24, 2013
The annual United Nations debate of the 68th General Assembly got off to a contentious start on Sept. 24 with pointedly worded but divergent speeches by Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and Barack Obama, the president of the United States….
- Categories: General Assembly
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