Highlights
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In Vakaga, Bamingui Bangoran, Haute Kotto and Ouaka prefectures, which host the majority of Sudanese refugees in CAR, the security situation on the roads and in the sub-prefectures is characterized by human rights violations by armed men, who perpetrate torture, inhuman treatment, assault, battery, and extortion of property.
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In the Prefecture of Ouandja-Kotto, a joint military operation by the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic (FACA) and allied forces has reportedly been underway for a week against the positions of armed elements in the outskirts and in the town of Ngarba, 125 kilometres from Ndélé in Bamingui-Bangoran. Military combing operations are also underway against armed elements who hinder the free movement of people. Humanitarians suspended their movements during the joint military operation of the FACA and allied forces, which aimed to facilitate the free movement and security of agents from the National Elections Authority (ANE) to continue their registration activities on the electoral list.
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MINUSCA, through the Zambian Battalion, has distributed 50,000 litres of drinking water to Sudanese refugees in the Korsi neighborhood in response to the lack of fuel for the generator that powers the two borehole' pumps at Korsi.