The Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak in the Bimbo and Mbaïki health districts. As of 9 July, 436 suspected cases and 36 deaths had been recorded across Bangui 2, Bimbo and Mbaïki. Children under 10 accounted for 44 per cent of reported cases. CERF allocated US$1 million for rapid interventions targeting 88,700 people.
The United Nations lists 11 current peacekeeping operations: MINURSO in Western Sahara; MINUSCA in the Central African Republic; MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; UNDOF in the Golan; UNFICYP in Cyprus; UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNISFA in Abyei; UNMIK in Kosovo; UNMISS in South Sudan; UNMOGIP in India and Pakistan; and UNTSO across the Middle…
About 700 people have fled their homes following armed clashes in Mann, in the northwestern axis, in Ouaham-Pende PrefecturBocarangae. The most urgent needs of the newly displaced include protection, food, shelter, health, and basic household items, as they have lost all personal belongings during recent repeated displ
On 07 August 2021, torrential rain fell on Bangui and its surroundings from 2 pm to 10 pm. Ten (10) districts of the 6th arrondissement and six (6) of Bimbo were hard hit, as well as cities of Birao and Baoro, affecting a total of about 799 households (3,952 people). The Assessments conducted by Central African Red Cro
Some 364 shelters were destroyed and at least 2,000 people left homeless at the PK3 site for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Bria. A fire accidentally broke out in the afternoon of 18 April. Strong winds during the current dry season quickly spread the flames across three blocks of the densely populated site that
Humanitarian partners have resumed assistance in Bria, in central Hautte-kotto Prefecture, and its surrounding axes since 8 March, after they had been suspended at the end of February due to an increased risk of clashes between armed groups and security forces. With 73,000 internally displaced persons, Bria has one of the largest concentrations of…
A medical center supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was struck by bullets and explosives amidst violent clashes in Bambari, Central African Republic , on February 15 and 16, the international medical humanitarian organization said today. MSF surgical teams treated civilians wounded during the violence, including children.…
eople in the town of Bouar, in western Central African Republic (CAR), have been living in fear since the end of December, when the town became one of the theatres for the latest cycle of violence in the country. A coalition of armed groups and the government, supported by its international allies, are clashing. The situation is particularly critical for…
To help stop ;the spread of Corona Virus Oxfams teams, on the ground, are installing 20 temporaray emergency water points in the Central African Republic Capital, which will be gradually be replaced by 10m permanant boreholes so that 100,000 ppeople will have access to clean water.