This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Leo Dobbs – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 29 September 2015 Fighting ...

BANGUI--Thousands of Muslims fled for their lives from the capital of Central African Republic on Friday, with Christian crowds cheering as the truckloads of Muslim families made their way out of town ...

The street children appear suddenly. Some emerge from the tall grass; others hop over a crumbling wall. Soon dozens of homeless kids and teenagers have assembled on the steps of an old, unused ...

Over twenty trucks loaded with food supplies and other essential goods on Saturday arrived in Bangui, the troubled capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). "MISCA forces escorted the trucks ...

On Sunday Pope Francis announced that he will jump-start the Jubilee of Mercy by opening the diocese of Bangui's Holy Door while in the Central African Republic, as a sign of prayer and solidarity for ...

Bangui, Central African Republic – “Have the streets become larger, or has the government started cleaning them?” Theo is only half-joking as he lurches his yellow taxi from one side of the street to ...

A central mosque in Kilometer 5, a predominantly Muslim district of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), has become a safe haven for several hundreds of Muslims fleeing attacks by ...

The extraordinary sessions of the BEAC and CEMAC devoted to the consequences of the adoption of bitcoin by the Central African Republic (CAR), long postponed by Bangui, are being held 20-21 July in ...

2 Armed men drive with thousands of Muslim residents from Bangui and Mbaiki fleeing the Central African Republic capital Bangui, Feb. 7, 2014. 3 A Christian crowd cheers as thousands of Muslim ...

Friday, Dec. 6, 2:30pm EST: We have updated the estimated death toll to reflect the most recent statistics published by the Red Cross. New images by William Daniels have been added to the beginning of ...

"Bangui is today the spiritual capital of the world," Pope Francis said as he opened the Holy Door of Bangui's cathedral on Sunday--the first time a Pope has opened a Holy Door outside Rome. Pope ...