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HIGHLIGHTS
On 5 February, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked the UN Security Council for 1,030 more peacekeepers for the Central African Republic (CAR). The current peacekeeping mission in CAR is reportedly overstretched. Mr. Ban would like an additional 750 troops and 280 police which would bring the total number of mandated uniformed personnel in the country to 13,000. The UN Security is due to renew the mandate of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in April of this year. According to Mr. Ban, MINUSCA is expected to be at 90% full capacity by April, and if authorized, additional peacekeepers could be on the ground by July 2015.
On 28 January it was announced that a cease-fire agreement was signed in Nairobi by representatives of the ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka and called for, amongst other things, the need to replace the current transitional government and the obligation of the transitional government to explore possibilities of a general amnesty for all parties to the current conflict. On 29 January, President Catherine Samba-Panza, whose transitional government did not participate in the talks, denounced the agreements and dissociated herself from it.
KEY FIGURES
442,495 IDPs including
50,281 in Bangui in 34 sites
429,882 Total number of CAR refugees in neighbouring countries
190,217 New CAR refugees in neighbouring countries since Dec. 2013
8,103 Refugees and asylum seekers in CAR