C.A.R. violence forces step back for Doctors Without Borders

C.A.R. violence forces step back for Doctors Without Borders

Humanitarian aid workers with Doctors Without Borders are scaling back their work at a site in the Central African Republic due to continued violent attacks including armed robberies and sexual assault. The organizations said two “grave incidents” at their site in and around the town of Batangafo occurred in the…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Study finds women are skilled hunters in African tribal societies

Study finds women are skilled hunters in African tribal societies

The !Kung San people of Botswana and the Bofi, living in Central African Republic (C.A.R.), are among 12 communities on the African continent that researchers studied to determine that women also hunt within their cultures, despite long-standing assumptions about the division of labor in hunter-gatherer societies. They’re among 63 separate…

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

UN warns Sudan conflict has potential to destabilize region

UN warns Sudan conflict has potential to destabilize region

A week-long ceasefire in Sudan may lead to talks, but fighting in Sudan still has the potential to cause additional regional instability and the United Nations has again called for both sides in Sudan to put the interest of the Sudanese people first and foremost. “The ongoing conflict in Sudan,…

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UNHCR warns of humanitarian crisis in volatile C.A.R.

The elections last month in Central African Republic brought a fresh wave of political violence affecting more than 200,000 people who are now displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “The continuing volatility has hampered the humanitarian response and made access to the internally displaced more…

50,000 radios distributed to help prevent COVID rumors in C.A.R.

United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic are helping to battle the coronavirus pandemic alongside the government led by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, and one of their priorities is shutting down misinformation about COVID-19. MINUSCA is distributing 50,000 solar-powered radios to communities in CAR to improve people’s access to health…

African youth, Sudan are priorities for U.S. diplomatic visits

Tibor Nagy, the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs for the United States, will begin a five-nation tour on the African continent on Wednesday. Nagy will visit the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan during the two-week journey.  The trip will highlight a U.S. commitment to African youth,…

Three African nations lose UN voting rights

Central African Republic, Lesotho and The Gambia have had their United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voting privileges suspended because of a failure to pay required member dues. The decision is in line with rules under the UN charter that withhold the voting privileges when a nation meets or exceeds the…

Cameroon, three other nations see U.S. AGOA status changes

Cameroon will lose its preferred trade status under the United States African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on January 1, following the U.S. decision to revoke its status because of its human rights record. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the decision in October, but confirmed it by a proclamation issued…

Rights group warns of continued violence in C.A.R.

The Human Rights Watch organization says that while last week’s extension of the United Nations peacekeeping mandate in Central African Republic is needed for protecting civilians, attacks against them continue despite a peace deal earlier this year. The rights group says there are still reports of attacks in Ouham-Pendé, Kemo,…

Global Hunger Index finds C.A.R. at highest risk

The Central African Republic has, for the second year in a row, topped the list of nations whose people suffer from hunger – and did so with a Global Hunger Index (GHI) score that makes it the only country in the world where hunger is rated as extremely alarming. The…

Renewed violence in C.A.R. threatens humanitarian aid

There’s been renewed concern over violence in the Central African Republic of late, and now the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the region says the situation is worse following recent attacks in the northeastern town of Birao. Armed attacks at the weekend, which came two weeks after the fighting on…