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Events in the year 2020 in the Central African Republic.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic

January[]

  • January 24 – The Ministry of Health declared a national measles epidemic. Between February 2019 and January 2020, 3,600 people were infected while 53 others died.[1]

February[]

March[]

April[]

  • April 30 – At least 25 people were killed and 51 others wounded in clashes in the northeast of the country.[5]

July[]

  • July 13 – A U.N. Peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed in an ambush in Nana-Mambéré. The attack was allegedly carried out by the Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation (3R) militia.[6][7]
  • July 25 – Former Central African Republic president François Bozizé announces his candidacy in the 2020 Central African general election.[8]

December[]

  • December 15 – Former president Francois Bozize accepts the court ruling that says he is not eligible for election and calls for unity among the opposition. There are 17 presidential candidates in the December 27 election.[9]
  • December 21 – Rwanda bolsters its security forces in CAR.[10]
  • December 22 – Rebels seize the city of Bambari, Ouaka.[11]
  • December 23 – Abdoulaziz Fall of the United Nations says the situation in Bambari is under control.[12]
  • December 26 – Three UN peacekeepers from Burundi are killed in Dekoa and Bakouma.[13]
  • December 27 – 2020 Central African general election
  • December 30 – A coalition including five presidential candidates demands annulment of the election due to violence.[14]

Scheduled events[]

November[]

December[]

  • December 1 – Republic Day, public holiday.
  • December 25 – Christmas, public holiday.
  • December 27 – 2020 Central African general election.

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Central African Republic: Measles Outbreak - Jan 2020 Retrieved Feb 13, 2020
  2. ^ Five CAR militia leaders get life terms for war crimes Al Jazeera, 7 Feb 2020
  3. ^ "Ministère de la Santé Centrafrique (@MSPCentrafrique)". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  4. ^ "Peace Corps announces suspension of Volunteer activities, evacuations due to COVID-19". Peace Corps. March 15, 2020. Retrieved Apr 6, 2020. "U.S. To Evacuate All Peace Corps Volunteers Due To Coronavirus". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. March 21, 2020. Retrieved Apr 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dozens killed in northeast Central African Republic clashes". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved Apr 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "CAR rebel ambush kills UN peacekeeper; two injured". Al Jazeera English. July 14, 2020.
  7. ^ Kagire, Edmund (July 15, 2020). "RDF Mourns Rwandan Peacekeeper Killed In CAR". Kigali Today. “Rwanda Defence Force is deeply saddened by the death of a Rwandan peacekeeper serving under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), following an attack on 13 July 2020 by elements of an armed group,”
  8. ^ "Central African Republic's ousted leader Bozizé to run for president again". France 24. 25 July 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "C.Africa ex-president Bozize says he accepts election bar". msn.com. AFP. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "Rwanda bolsters force in CAR as rebels 'held back'". news.yahoo.com. BBC World News. December 21, 2020. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "CAR rebels seize city ahead of elections". msn.com. AFP. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  12. ^ "UN says seized C.African town under peacekeepers' control". msn.com. AFP. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "Three UN peacekeepers killed in CAR ahead of Sunday's elections". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. December 26, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  14. ^ "CAR opposition coalition demand election annulled". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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