Search
  1. Home
  2. Africa
  3. Central African Republic

Security Council condemns murder of UN official

    NAIROBI

    The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the 5 July killing in Bangui of UN security coordinator Jean-Pierre Lhommee, a French citizen and former French army colonel. It urged the CAR authorities to bring those responsible to justice. Lhommee was killed in a burst of automatic weapons fire by unknown assailants in the middle of the night as he arrived at the Bangui home of a UN employee who had telephoned him during an armed robbery, a UN spokesman said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join