2020 in the Central African Republic

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See also:	Other events of 2020 History of the Central African Republic

Incumbents

• President: Faustin-Archange Touadéra
• Prime Minister: Firmin Ngrébada

Events

• January 1 – New Year's Day, public holiday
• January 24 – The Ministry of Health declares a national measles epidemic. 3,600 cases have been infected and 53 people have died between February 2019 and January 2020. [1]
• February 7 – Twenty-eight people are sentenced to 10 to 15 years of hard labor and five Christian militiamen are sentenced to life terms for war crimes and crimes against humanity. [2]
• March 14 - 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic[3]
• March 15 – In a historic first, all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries.[4]
• March 29 – Boganda Day, public holiday
• April 13 – Easter Monday, public holiday
• April 30 – At least 25 people are killed and 51 others wounded in clashes in the northeast of the country.[5]
• May 1 – Labour Day, public holiday
• May 21 – Ascension of Jesus, public holiday
• June 1 – Whit Monday, public holiday
• June 30 – General Prayer Day, public holiday
• July 13 - A United Nations 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 for president in the 2020 Central African general election.[8]

Scheduled events

See also: Public holidays in the Central African Republic

• August 13 – Independence Day, public holiday
• August 15 – Assumption of Mary, public holiday
• November 1 – All Saints' Day, public holiday
• December 1 – Republic Day, public holiday
• December 25 – Christmas, public holiday
• December 27 – 2020 Central African general election

Births

Deaths

See also

• 2020 in Middle Africa

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.