The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the Central African Republic.

Incumbents

President: Faustin-Archange Touadéra Prime Minister: Félix Moloua

Events January 15 January – A Cameroonian peacekeeper in MINUSCA is killed and five others are injured in an explosion in Mbindale, Lim-Pendé.

April 19 April – Fifty-eight people are killed after an overcrowded ferry carrying 300 people capsizes in the Mpoko River near Bangui.

May 12 May – At least four people are killed in an attack by the Coalition of Patriots for Change in the gold-mining town of Gaga, Ombella-M'Poko.

June 8 June – The government orders the suspension of operations by the Chinese mining firm Daqing SARL in Mingala, citing cooperation with rebels and other offences.

July 29 July – Authorities declare an outbreak of mpox in Bangui. 30 July – The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes to lift the weapons embargo it had placed on the CAR due to the country's civil war.

November 7 November – The International Criminal Court unseals an arrest warrant for Edmond Beina, an anti-Balaka commander wanted for committing a massacre against Muslims during the Central African Republic Civil War in 2014. 22 November – A strike is held by Cameroonian truck drivers servicing the Central African Republic in protest over the killing of one of their colleagues by suspected members of the Wagner Group in Bogoin. 26 November – Ten people are killed by unidentified gunmen near Bria.

Holidays

1 January - New Year's Day 29 March - Barthelemy Boganda Day 1 April - Easter Monday 10 April – Korité 1 May – Labour Day 9 May - Ascension Day 20 May - Whit Monday 16 June – Tabaski 30 June – General Prayer Day 13 August - Independence Day 15 August - Assumption Day 1 November - All Saints' Day 1 December - National Day 25 December - Christmas Day

See also

African Continental Free Trade Area Community of Sahel–Saharan States

References

External links Online calendar