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Published on Wednesday, the latest report from UN experts on the Central African Republic is serious. It describes about forty pages on the human rights violations committed by the various parties to the conflict. He also points to what experts call the "security sector faction" ... members of armed groups or militias recruited or instrumentalized by government members and security forces.…

It is a UN document that will not please Russia. This report, obtained by RFI, produced each year by UN experts working with the Central African Republic, points in particular to the violations of Russian mercenaries. Together with the Central African Army, they would have violated international humanitarian law, according to experts, which recorded abuses committed by armed groups, but also by the…

Russian instructors sent to the Central African Republic carried out "indiscriminate killings", looting and occupied schools, according to an annual UN report, although Moscow claims they are unarmed and not involved in the fighting. The testimonies describe excessive force that corresponds to violations of international humanitarian law, said the report of UN experts recently submitted to the Security Council and seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday. Such violations "by FACA soldiers and Russian instructors…

In Chad, the twelve Russian and Lithuanian citizens, who are presented as tourists and arrested in the north of the country by the Chadian authorities, are now free to leave the country. They were arrested in the Chadian Sahara on June 13 and released after an investigation. They are twelve, eleven Russians, including two…

Uprising yesterday, Wednesday 23 June, at the UN against the Russian allies of the Central African forces in the Security Council. Almost unanimously, diplomats criticized the Russian paramilitaries, the place they occupied in the conflict and the day-to-day management of the country. Earlier, they had been informed by the UN envoy to the Central African Republic and the head of Minusca, Mankeur Ndiaye,…

The UN envoy to the Central African Republic on Wednesday accused the country's security forces and their Russian allies of several human rights violations. The Central African Republic's closer relationship with Moscow dates back to 2018, when Russia sent "instructors" to help train its besieged armed forces and supplied small arms and were relieved of the UN arms embargo. One of the world's poorest countries, the Central African Republic, has been chronically unstable since gaining independence from France in 1960.…

In New York, the UN Secretary - General's report on the Central African Republic will be presented to the Security Council on Wednesday morning, 23 June. He makes an overview of the situation in the country, a still "uncertain" security context. Although progress has been made. Antonio Guterres notes positively the…

Germany is hosting a new international conference on Libya on Wednesday 23 June. The presence of many countries and actors on the ground should make it possible to consolidate the progress made in recent months, in particular as regards the conduct of elections. The withdrawal of foreign forces planned by the first conference in Berlin 18 months ago has not been followed.…

In the Central African Republic, six months after the presidential election, one month after the end of the legislative election and almost two weeks after the appointment of the Prime Minister, the country still does not know the composition of its new government. Central Africans are impatient, but the new tenant of Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra takes his time, time to receive the audience a large…

A dozen tourists, Russians and a Lithuanian, were arrested just over a week ago in the Chadian Sahara, near Faya-Largeau, in the north of the country. They were returned to the capital Ndjamena manu militari, and were admitted to an exclusive hotel pending the completion of the ongoing investigation to determine the reasons for their presence in an area considered "red".…