CAR Crisis

• Canada to send more peacekeepers overseas, here’s where they could go

  there is speculation Canada will likely direct its peacekeeping resources to support UN missions in Africa, including countries like Mali, South Sudan, Central African Republic, or the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2016
  
• Central African Republic fighters agree to free child soldiers: UN

  Armed groups in Central African Republic have agreed to release any children they are holding and not to recruit child soldiers, the United Nations Children's Agency said Tuesday.

  World

  May 5, 2015
  
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• Doctors Without Borders keeping eye on Ukraine, Nigeria in 2015: Liu

  Coming off what was an incredibly busy year for Doctors Without Borders, the Canadian doctor who leads organization can foresee what challenges the humanitarian agency may be in 2015.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2014
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• French photographer Camille Lepage killed in Central African Republic

  The French president's office says a 26-year-old French photographer on assignment in Central African Republic has been killed.

  World

  May 13, 2014
• New leader of violence-plagued Central African Republic ‘remarkable woman’

  Members of a national transitional council chose the female mayor of Central African Republic's capital to lead the country out of chaos Monday.

  World

  Jan 20, 2014
• Central African Republic leader agrees to step down amid conflict

  Michel Djotodia, the rebel leader who seized control of Central African Republic only to see the desperately poor country tumble toward anarchy and sectarian bloodshed, agreed to resign Friday.

  Jan 10, 2014
• Summit focuses on future of Central African Republic leadership

  The embattled president of Central African Republic, who has come under growing pressure to resign, travelled to neighbouring Chad for a summit with regional leaders

  World

  Jan 8, 2014
• 1000s of displaced people block runway in Central African Republic capital

  Thousands of angry people flooded the runway of the international airport in the chaotic capital of Central African Republic.

  World

  Dec 31, 2013
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• 6 Chadian soldiers killed in Central African Republic attack

  A total of six Chadian soldiers from the African Union peacekeeping force were killed on Christmas Day in the Gobongo neighbourhood of the capital, the AU said.

  World

  Dec 26, 2013
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• U.N., Europe sending more support to Central African Republic: reports

  UNHCR has deployed more staff to Central African Republic's capital city Bangui in the wake of violence that displaced about 210,000 people in the last two weeks alone.

  World

  Dec 17, 2013