The Central African Republic is rated as the fifth poorest country in the world, with 70% of the country’s people living in ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Some 52 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to meet their basic food and nutrition needs in the upcoming lean season, driven by conflict, extreme weather and ...

Are you a refugee, asylum-seeker or stateless person looking for help? Visit the HELP site to find support and services from UNHCR. The West and Central Africa region hosts around 14.3 million ...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have begun presenting closing arguments against an alleged commander of a ...

Feb 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Armed groups have recruited nearly 3,000 children in Central African Republic (CAR) since violence flared over a Dec. 27 election result and more are at risk as ...

About 1.2 million people are displaced by fighting across the country. “With multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during this conflict, and over a million people displaced, many ...

Mohamed Chérif, Deputy Director General of the African Development Bank Group for Central Africa and Head of the Bank's Country Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has formally ...

A resolution for joint military action by African and French forces in the Central African Republic was unanimously approved by the U.N. Security Council, hours after Muslim-Christian violence ...

This article first appeared on the International Crisis Group website. The pre-electoral period in the Central African Republic (CAR) is heating up. In the capital Bangui, youth militias engage in ...

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