Income generating activities for youth are contributing to creating conditions for return. In this direction ACTED has employed up to 200 youths to assist in the construction of the first pilot “safe haven”. This haven will have the capacity to host around 3,000 persons at night in case of incidents...

On 1 February 2014, the newly elected President of the Transition, Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza visited three IDP sites together with the humanitarian community (IOM, OCHA, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, and WFP). The sites visited included the Boy Rabe Monastery in the 4th arrondissement of Bangui, the site of...

On the 19 January 2014, in a joint effort with IOM, UNHCR repatriated 201 urban refugees to N’Djamena, Chad. This was the second repatriation of urban refugees since the worsening of the crisis in the Central African Republic. On January 17 the first departure of 3 Sudanese refugees took place. This...