The Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court should intensify investigations and urgently recruit additional staff to deliver justice for war crimes and other serious offenses, Human Rights Watch said today.
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CAR: Yekatom and Ngaïssona Confirmation of charges hearing postponed to 19 September 2019
Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to postpone the commencement of the confirmation hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to 19 September 2019, instead of 18 June 2019.
UN-AU Joint Task Force on Peace and Security Holds Sixteenth Consultative Meeting in Addis-Ababa
The meeting explored prospects for cooperation in support of the upcoming electoral processes on the continent and discussed the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR), Burundi, Mali and the Sahel region including the security situation in Burkina Faso and Niger. They also exchanged views on the situations in Libya, South Sudan and the Lake Chad Basin region.
CAR growth projected to reach 4.3 – IMF
An IMF team in Bangui, Central African Republic, says the country’s economic recovery continues with growth still projected to reach 4.3 percent in 2018 and accelerate in the medium term. Economic recovery continues; growth projected to reach 4.3 percent in 2018. Strengthening government… Read More ›
Central African Republic: UN mission issues 48-hour ultimatum to armed groups
The United Nations Mission in the troubled Central African Republic, known by its French acronym, MINUSCA, has given armed groups in the north of the country 48 hours to clear out. The Mission wants to clear a 50 kilometre perimeter… Read More ›
Central African Republic: UN chief condemns killing of ‘blue helmet’ in country’s east
Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing today of a Mauritanian peacekeeper and the wounding of three others of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) by anti-Balaka militia in Bria in the country’ s… Read More ›
