Highlights
The Constitutional Court issued a ruling that rejects the exclusion of CAR refugees from participating in the upcoming elections.
In Bangui, the voluntary return of internally displaced persons from the M’poko airport site continues: 93% of households have been de-registered from the site and 90% were registered to return to neighborhoods in Bangui.
Security issues have recently erupted in the western and north-western parts of the country. On the main supply road (Cameroon-Bouar), ex-Seleka elements have recently launched violent attacks against convoys.
On 20 July, the Ministry of Social Affairs organised an official ceremony for the belated commemoration of the Day of the African Child, which theme was: Fighting rape and ending early marriage.
On 16 July, 651 IDP households consisting of 2,253 people (including 1,041 men, 1,051 women, 27 pregnant women, 10 new mothers, 76 elderly people and 48 persons with disabilities) arrived in Markounda in Ouham prefecture in the northwest. Their priority needs include the construction of latrines, non-food items, medications and food assistance.
As of 31 July, 1,598 children have been released from armed groups.