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UN Calls for Accountability of Human Rights Violators in CAR

March 7, 2025

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In a report, the Human Rights Office and the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, said this was fundamental to ensuring such violations never happen again.

The United Nations has called for accountability in the Central African Republic (CAR) after it uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations committed recently by armed groups.In a report, the Human Rights Office and the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, said this was fundamental to ensuring such violations never happen again.

It said at least 24 were killed in two waves of attacks in the Mbomou and Haut-Mbomou prefectures in the Haut-Oubangui, in October last year and this past January, including victims who had been summarily executed. The attacks were directed and coordinated by elements of Wagner Ti Azandé (WTA), an armed group with ties to the national army.

WTA originally belonged to another armed group called Azandé Ani Kpi Gbé, whose members were also involved in the attacks. The CAR has been plagued by decades of instability and communal violence along religious and ethnic lines.

UN assessments suggest that one in five people are displaced internally or outside the country’s borders due to the conflict. The fighting has also taken a terrible toll on vital infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.

In response to the violence, MINUSCA has intensified efforts to protect civilians and support the restoration of state authority in the affected regions.