Central African Republic

In 2025, and for the first time in 20 years, the Central African Republic (CAR) submitted an Article 7 report under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), covering 2004–2024. The report highlights a growing explosive ordnance (EO) threat since 2020. In 2024 alone, 73 EO incidents were recorded, with 81% involving explosive remnants of war (ERW). During the year, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) implementing partners conducted 44 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) spot tasks, destroying 66 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and one improvised device that met the definition of an anti-personnel (AP) mine.

CAR made institutional progress in 2024 by finalising a national roadmap in September and drafting a decree in December establishing a National Mine Action Authority (NMAA), which received presidential approval on 4 September 2025. Internationally, CAR increased its engagement by attending key forums in 2025, including the 28th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and UN Advisors (NDM-UN28), where it hosted a side event, and, for the first time, the APMBC intersessional meetings in Geneva where the National Focal Point called for international support to launch a nationwide non-technical survey (NTS) and operationalise the future NMAA.

• CAR should operationalise the newly established NMAA and mine action centre by providing them with the resources necessary to fulfil their functions as stipulated in the presidential decree.

• CAR should seek an interim Article 5 deadline to conduct a national survey to determine and confirm the extent of AP mine contamination.

• CAR should strengthen efforts to mobilise international funding by sharing a detailed budget and resource mobilisation strategy to conduct the national baseline survey.

• CAR should pursue efforts to establish a national monitoring and information management capacity to support systematic collection of data and reporting, disaggregating AP mines, including those of an improvised nature, from other explosive devices. An improvised anti-vehicle (AV) mine sensitive enough to be detonated by a person should be recorded as an improvised AP mine.

Click here to download the ‘Clearing the Mines 2025’ report for Central African Republic