RCA: "Generalized Instability" And Risk Of "Conflagration", Worries The UN

A Cameroonian military deployed in Bangui, CAR as part of a UN peacekeeping mission.

In an activity report on Central Africa, Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, is concerned about "widespread instability" in the Central African Republic (CAR) where several armed groups are waging war in the South And has been the center of the country for more than six months. It reiterates its calls for a peaceful resolution of the crisis and for the mobilization of funds for humanitarian assistance in CAR. A situation that is deteriorating at high speed, says the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Nearly a third (31%) of the security incidents faced by humanitarian workers worldwide in 2016 took place in the Central African Republic.

"This country remains one of the most dangerous for humanitarian workers," said Antonio Guterres who also recalled that the peacekeepers also paid the high price. Six of them were killed in May.




In its May bulletin, OCHA reports that the number of internally displaced people in CAR has exceeded 500,000 for the first time since August 2014. The city of Bria, for example, Is emptied of its inhabitants in four days, at the same period. The UN organization also speaks of a "tendency to conflagration" and notes that "  clashes are increasingly taking on a religious and ethnic connotation  ". In addition, more than 400,000 Central Africans are still refugees in neighboring countries.

As the situation worsens, Antonio Guterres recalls the need to raise the $400 million needed for a humanitarian response this year. Last year, barely 36% of the sum requested could be financed "  leaving nearly half of the population of the Central African Republic without humanitarian assistance  ", deplores the Secretary-General of the UN. Antonio Guterres said that the UN would continue to "  support national actions for a peaceful resolution of the crisis" and "mobilize financial support" for the humanitarian aid program.

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is another source of concern for the Secretary-General. The Ugandan rebellion could benefit from the "  call for air  " caused by the withdrawal of Ugandan and US forces stationed in the southeastern region of Central Africa, who had come to track down Joseph Kony, LRA.