A few hours before the vote for the Presidential Election on 12 April 2025 in Gabon, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA, Abdou Abarry, reiterates his call for an election whose results reflect the choice freely e
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The Head of UNOCA highlighted the challenges and progress observed in the subregion over the past six months. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

At the initiative of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa and Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, about twenty journalists, bloggers and civil society representatives gathered in Douala reaffirmed the need to raise awareness and undertake concrete actions for social cohesion, togetherness and peace.

The meeting in Kigali, which started in the conference room of the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, took place in a cordial atmosphere. Photos UNOCA/Norbert N. Ouendji

In accordance with its mandate, the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa is responsible for mobilizing subregional actors to support the peace process in the CAR, in close cooperation with MINUSCA. Photos MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe Tossela.

During a meeting in his Cabinet on 5 October, in the presence of his colleague in charge of Communication, the Central African Minister of Digital Economy, Posts and Telecommunications (first from right) indicated that the government has already started to take steps towards the successful organization of a Regional Forum to advance the process of adopting a community instrument against hate speech in Central Africa. Photo UNOCA/Norbert N. Ouendji.