HIGHLIGHTS
While the UN reports improvement in CAR’s security situation, significant humanitarian challenges remain
Transhumance-related violence and conflict drives new population displacement in areas of CAR
USAID/OFDA commits more than $15 million in humanitarian assistance to the CAR crisis
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
On August 12, UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon accepted the resignation of the Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) and pledged to investigate thoroughly recent allegations that UN personnel sexually abused a Central African child in early August. Vowing to take decisive action, SYG Ban plans to hold a special UN Security Council (UNSC) session on August 13 to discuss reports of sexual abuse by UN personnel.
Although overall violence has declined in recent months, banditry and incidents of intercommunal violence continue to negatively affect populations across CAR, according to the UN.
USAID/OFDA recently committed more than $15 million in support of relief efforts in CAR, bringing total U.S. Government (USG) humanitarian funding to the CAR crisis to more than $116 million to date in FY 2015.