Unidentified armed men opened fire against peacekeepers of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), earlier this week, the mission's spokesman, Vladimir Monteiro, told Sputnik on Friday, adding that the "blue helmets", the name given to these peacekeepers, had repelled the attack

The Save the Children International charity says at least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and related effects, with Afghanistan listed as among the 10 worst countries to be a child

The Central African Republic (CAR) peace agreement, which both the government and the African Union, the organizer of the peace talks, labeled historic, requires the political will of all parties involved, with establishing actual peace between individual communities to become one of the more difficult tasks, experts told Sputnik

Burundi is ready to bring its peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) into conformity with the CAR peace deal if such assistance is needed and the African Union and the United Nations make the relevant decision, Burundi Ambassador to Russia Edouard Bizimana told Sputnik

Russia and France are complementing each other, not competing, in the Central African Republic (CAR), French Ambassador in Russia Sylvie Bermann told Sputnik

Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, yesterday held several meetings with Foreign Ministers of African countries and senior officials of international organisations, on the sidelines of the 32nd ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union