EU top diplomat Josep Borrell, had a telephone exchange of views with the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin Archange Touadéra, on April 28, 2020. .@JosepBorrellF s’est entretenu avec le Président Touadéra. Le Haut Représentant a réaffirmé le soutien de l’Union européenne 🇪🇺 à la République centrafricaine 🇨🇫, en particulier dans cette phase de…
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EU advisory mission in CAR
The Council established a European Union CSDP civilian advisory mission in the Central African Republic (EUAM RCA). The mission will be launched by the Council no later than in the spring of 2020. Accordingly, a core team will make the necessary preparations to allow the mission to reach its initial operating capability. https://twitter.com/eucouncilpress/status/1203975293620363264?s=21 The aim of the…
Europe supports CAR security reform
The European Council adopted a crisis management concept for a new civilian CSDP Advisory Mission in the Central African Republic (EUAM RCA). (Image: illustration). https://twitter.com/kenroth/status/1197119122078945280?s=21 The mission will support the reform of the internal security forces to enable the CAR authorities to mitigate the current security challenges in the country. EU experts will support the Ministry of the Interior and…
Mogherini proposes increase of cooperation with CAR
“… A point on the Central African Republic. I was there also a few days ago. I proposed to the Ministers to increase our cooperation with the country at a moment that is critical for the implementation of the peace agreement’ said the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini, following the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. "We then…
Mogherini visits Central African Republic
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini met in Bangui with the President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra. The visit is a part of her tour of the Sahel region and the Central African Republic. .@FedericaMog rencontre le Président de la République centrafricaine, Faustin-Archange Touadéra https://t.co/ZKrqViOW04 pic.twitter.com/4rj6CkInEp — European External Action Service – EEAS…
Central Africa signs peace deal
Central African Republic concluded a peace deal with 14 armed groups on following two weeks of talks in Khartoum, Sudan. Central African Republic signs peace deal with armed groups https://t.co/CNMTtdEQz3 pic.twitter.com/R9OCY5cBWj — Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2019 The peace deal was announced by the African Union but the terms were not immediately released. #Historic: The Government…
CAR arms embargo prolonged
The UN Security Council has made a step towards the possibly to ease the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR). A French-drafted resolution promoted the view of a need to enable the supply of weapons to government forces fighting militia groups who control large parts of the country. UPDATE:#CAR resolution unanimously adoptedLearn more…
Wikileaks video attributed to Tagbara attack
A video of the abuses presumably committed by Blue helmets the journalists from Agence France-Presse reporting from the Central African Republic (CAR) have noticed circulating since May 2018 #Centrafrique #Ippy (?) Collusions #UPC & Contingent #Mauritaniens @UN_CAR ? NovDéc 2018, Tuerie de masse #Tagbara (?). @parfait_onanga @Lacroix_UN @antonioguterres @anatolium @FaustinTouadera @aa_french @VOAAfrica @VOAFrench @RFIAfrique @dw_francais @bbcafrique @TV5MONDEAfrique pic.twitter.com/4T4kpx6nqO…
Wounded and dead in Bambari CAR
Militants killed two police officers in the Central African Republic town of Bambari ahead of a scheduled visit by the country’s President, the government said. The attack came a day after President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced a date for African Union-brokered peace talks with armed groups who control most of the CAR. MSF can now confirm…
Russian journalists victims of CAR armed robbery
The investigation has restored a sequence of events concerning the fatal trip of three Russian journalists – Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastroguyev – to the Central African Republic (CAR), where they were murdered in July 2018, Russian Investigative Committee Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. Investigative Committee: Russian journalists were killed in armed robbery…
