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Central African Republic children starve as aid workers flee fighting

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Children are starving to death in Central African Republic because violence has forced aid workers to pull out, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the country said.

International Red Cross Movement strongly condemns killing of Red Cross volunteers

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

The six Red Cross volunteers were taking part in a crisis meeting at a health facility in the south east of the Central African Republic on August 3, 2017. The exact circumstances are not yet clear; however, reports indicate that civilians and medical staff may also have been killed.

CAR: Scores Wounded and Emergency Medical Care Blocked by Violence in Bangui

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC—An eruption of retaliatory violence has engulfed the capital of Central African Republic (CAR) following the killing of a motorcycle taxi driver on September 26, wounding scores of people and blocking access to emergency medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.