Headlines- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: Central African Republic (CAR)
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
situation in the Central African Republic is addressed by Marius Aristide Hoja Nzessioue, Counsellor of the Central African Republic’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, at a Security Council meeting
CAR:Displaced Population
UNHCR is urgently appealing to the international community to mobilize funds, so humanitarian organizations can deliver life-saving assistance to the Central African refugees and their hosts.
Bangui Cautious Calm
A few days after the violent clashes that took place in parts of the Central African capital Bangui between a coalition of armed groups and the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) supported by UN peacekeepers (MINUSCA), life is now returning timidly back to normal in the city
Violence in CAR Cost the Life...
A United Nations soldier died and another was wounded outside the city of Bangui in the Central African Republic
Armed groups clashed with reduced peacekeeping, which killed one and wounded in blue helmets yesterday, January 13, near the city of Bangui, in the Central African Republic, and this act was condemned by the Secretary General United Nations António Guterres, who expects government authorities to hold mentors responsible for acts that may well constitute a war crime. These actions have led to escalating tension between government and rebels.The attack was stopped by the joint action of the defense and security options of the Central African Republic with the support of the United Nations
CAR: Violence, Pandemic, Foreign Interference: the...
It is since 2013, when the Seleka militias brought down President François Bozizé, that the nation has been in strong instability. “Religion has been used in an instrumental way – continues Father Gazzera -. For militia leaders it is a useful means to incite the militiamen, almost all very young, poor and poorly educated, against their opponents Coexistence
Five Years Later More Efforts to...
According to Amnesty International, the Special Criminal Court was created by law on 3 June 2015. It is a “hybrid” tribunal that has jurisdiction over grave human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed since 2003.
CAR: Six Years After the Assassination...
The civil parties request in particular that an international letter rogatory be launched and executed so that French investigators can, in collaboration with their Central African counterparts, go to the scene of the attack to complete their investigations. Joined by RSF, the mother of the photojournalist, Maryvonne Lepage, fears that the file will be closed while “many obscure points can still be examined if the authorities of the two countries decide to effectively combine their efforts and their logistical means to relaunch the ‘investigation with a common will to succeed.’
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Olof Skoog Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Central African Republic
Police Shoot at Journalist in CAR:...
Bruno Makilo , journalist for Radio Maigaro , one of the two stations in Bouar in western CAR, did not attend the end of the wreath laying ceremony in front of the war memorial on Saturday 30 November, the day before the National Day
MINUSCA Supports Berberati Prison Authority in...
help the detainees to feed themselves, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, known under its French acronym MINUSCA, supports the prison authorities of Berberati in cultivating its own field of cassava.