"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC"

Regarding the recent arrival of thousands of migrants in Lampedusa, Italy, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, said, “These young people represent the present and the future of our continent of Africa. They are seeking desperately to reach the European continent in search of the El Dorado.” UNIFEED

Faustin Archange Touadera, Head of State of the Central African Republic, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Mohamed Ag Ayoya, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic, said the country is “utterly Africa's overlooked middle child, one that is squeezed, landlocked, and often forgotten inside a troubled region.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Press conference by Mohamed Ag Ayoya, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, MINUSCA, on the humanitarian situation, response and challenges in the Central African Republic.

Noon Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A UN spokesperson said that this week peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) “have facilitated round two of the voluntary repatriation of 15 ex-combatants of the Lord’s Resistance Army and their families to Uganda”. UNIFEED