By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations has raised its 2016 humanitarian funding appeal to a record $21.6 billion from $19.7 billion, partly due to new disasters including a cyclone that battered Fiji and an earthquake that hit Ecuador, as well as the...

Bangui, 22 February 2017 - The Acting Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Aboubacry Tall, calls on parties to the conflict in the Ouaka and Haute Kotto provinces to respect and uphold International Humanitarian Law (IHL). He also urges them to honor their commitment to prote...

A U.N. operation with an attack helicopter dispersed heavily armed militiamen in the remote Central African Republic town of Bambari town on Sunday, the peacekeeping mission said in a statement. About 40 fighters from the Popular Front for the Renaissance of Central African Republic (FPRC) armed ...

BANGUI — The government of the Central African Republic shut down the displaced persons' camp at the airport in its capital and sent the camp's 30,000 remaining residents packing. Many have returned to their old neighborhoods, but say they do not feel safe. Djiedune Kupato returned home with hi...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Najat Rochdi of Morocco as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), where she will also serve as Unite...

Handicap International vient de finaliser l’installation de sa plate-forme logistique à Bambari, qui est destinée à répondre à la crise en cours dans les villes de Bambari et Bria. La plate-forme de Bambari a été mise en place dans le cadre d’un projet de fourniture de services logistiques commun...

La situation sécuritaire à Bambari, préfecture de la Ouaka (centre de la RCA), est en nette amélioration, mais la MINUSCA maintient sa posture robuste en vue de prévenir l’entrée dans la ville de la coalition du Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC) qui aurait des conséquences d...

La MINUSCA qualifie d’inacceptables les menaces proférées par la coalition dirigée par le Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC) contre le personnel de la MINUSCA, les acteurs humanitaires et les populations civiles, et met en garde les chefs de la coalition qu’ils seront tenus ...

Africa is experiencing the highest number of humanitarian crises since the 1990s. As the new chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, takes office, International Crisis Group suggests how he can strengthen the organisation’s response to threats to continental peace and security. ...

One year after the Central African Republic elected president Touadera to power, violence and insecurity remain unchecked and half the population is going hungry, warned Oxfam today. 60% of the territory is still in the hands of the armed groups despite Faustin Archange Touadera’s inauguration on Ma...