I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
•WFP Food distributions resumed outside of Bangui (in Bambari, South-East and Batalimo, South-West) on 1 May 2013. WFP food distributions had already resumed last week in Bangui following temporary suspension due to insecurity. WFP is progressively scaling up its activities as the security situation allows.
•To date, security incidents and looting are still reported in Bangui and in the rest of the country.
•In a press statement issued on Monday 29 April, the Security Council voiced concern over the worsening humanitarian and security situation, as well as the weakening of the institutions in CAR.
•An international contact Group Meeting on Central African Republic gathering all the partners of CAR was held in Brazzaville on 2-3 May 2013.
•On 26 April, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) requested all neighbouring countries to suspend ongoing repatriation activities of Central African refugees.