UN Security Council renews peacekeeping mission in CAR
The UN Security Council has unanimously renewed the mandate for MINUSCA until November 15, 2027.
The United Nations Security Council has renewed the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until November 15, 2027. The decision was adopted unanimously in New York on Thursday.
MINUSCA, deployed in 2014 during a civil war, has already begun reducing its presence, closing or relocating 21 bases between January and June. The mission still has nearly 10,000 military personnel and 2,000 police officers. Despite improvements since the conflict's peak, armed groups remain active, particularly near borders with Chad, Sudan, and the DRC.
Attacks attributed to remnants of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the southeast reportedly killed four people and abducted 68 civilians, including 40 children, between June and September. In June, an attack in Am-Dafock, Sudan, resulted in 29 deaths and displaced 17,500 people. President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has called for a phased withdrawal of the mission.
Why it mattersThe UN Security Council's decision on MINUSCA's mandate renewal directly impacts the security situation for civilians in the Central African Republic.