U.N. to Investigate Peacekeepers Suspected of Killing Women and Children in Africa DIONNE SEARCEY, The New York Times JUNE 7 2016 DAKAR, Senegal — The peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic have been tainted by allegations that troops from several countries sexually abused children and adults. But on Tuesday, Human Rights Watchreleased a report providing new evidence that soldiers from the Republic of Congo had killed civilians.

Peacekeepers Linked to Grisly Murders in Central African Republic Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post 7 June 2016 Image: A 14 year old girl breastfeeds her three month old son outside her family's home in Bangui, Central African Republic on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. She says last year, a Burundian U.N. peacekeeper asked her to help carry water into their base located close to her home. Once inside, she was raped and impregnated later giving birth to

Image: A Gathering of Bloggers – The Why About This, One United World. retrieved from www.thewhyaboutthis.com Burma/Myanmar: The first bill proposed by the incoming government of Myanmar’s new Parliament, led by the National League for Democracy, created a new position in the government for Aung San Suu Kyi, that of state counsellor. This position, one that has been compared to that of a Prime Minister, would skirt the constitutional ban

Image: Cultural Responses to Pain. How Is Suffering Expressed Around the World? Burma/Myanmar: The outgoing government of Myanmar lifted a curfew in Rakhine State this week, imposed in June 2012 after clashes that displaced over 140,000, mostly Rohingya.   U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy was sworn in on Wednesday as the new president of Myanmar. In his speech, Mr. Htin Kyaw urged “patience in the pursuit of democracy”,

War Crimes Court Opens Trial on Congolese Witness Tampering Marlise Simons, New York Times 29 September 2015   Image: Jean-Pierre Bemba is alleged to have corruptly influenced testimony of witnesses in war crimes trial over alleged atrocities committed by his MLC militia. Photograph: Peter de Jong/EPA Copyright: The Guardian PARIS — A former Congolese vice president, Jean-Pierre Bemba, and four of his associates went on trial Tuesday at the

Dozens Killed in Clashes in Central African Republic Nick Cumming-Bruce, New York Times 29 September 2015   Image: A wounded man on the floor of the General Hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Saturday. CreditEdouard Dropsy/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images GENEVA — Dozens of people have been killed in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, raising fears of a return to the sectarian killings that have torn the

LRA leader Dominic Ongwen arrives in The Hague for war crimes trial BBC News Africa 20 January 2015   Top Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen has arrived in The Hague to stand trial on war crimes charges. Mr Ongwen, a feared commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), was taken into US custody in the Central African Republic (CAR) earlier this month. Uganda agreed that he should be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite

Central African Republic: CAR Data - a Crisis in Numbers IRIN 12 January 2015   Bangui — Over the last year, violence has continued across the Central African Republic (CAR) despite multiple cessations of hostilities agreements and attempts to end the conflict. The weeks since mid-December have seen fresh inter-communal violence break out at different locations across the country, prompting thousands of people to flee their homes. Human Rights

Central African Republic: Urge End to Killings By Human Rights Watch 10 November 2014 (Bangui) – The International Contact Group for the Central African Republic, due to meet on November 11, 2014, should publicly call for an end to the sectarian violence, Human Rights Watch said today. The group, meeting for the first time in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, should remind all armed actors that those responsible for grave human

Peacebuilding in Central African Republic The Views of Top Religious Leaders November 10, 2014 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET Location: U.S. Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20037 | Directions Please read: Important information for guests attending public events at USIP. RSVP Now In the Central African Republic, the situation remains precarious as ethno-religious violence continues despite the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers.