Press Releases

Today, the 20 th of June, we mark World Refugee Day, as designated by the UN General Assembly from the year 2000 onward, and exactly 65 years since the Convention and Protocols relating to the Status of Refugees were signed…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is deeply concerned by the escalating violence seen since June 10, 2016 in Ngaoundaye, Ouham Pende Prefecture, in…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) calls on communities of PK5, in the 3rd district of Bangui, to exercise restraint and calm. The Mission urges them…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) takes note of the report published by Human Rights Watch on 7 June 2016 on the killings allegedly committed by…

Two peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Alex Katurebe and Mbot Gustave Maitre, from Rwanda and Cameroon respectively, succumbed to…

In his capacity as Chairman of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC), the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, chaired today in Yaoundé…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) deplores the death of a Central African civilian which occurred on 5 June 2016 during an incident in which a group…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded yesterday his visit to Bamako, Mali. Mr. Ibn Chambas met with President of the Republic…

In continuation of his visit to the G5 Sahel countries, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas arrived yesterday in N’Djamena, Chad, for a one…

After Niger, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, arrived yesterday in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, for one day visit, marking the second…