This is a tribute to our colleague Arsene, killed in CAR. On Wednesday 18 May - a well-identified MSF convoy of two vehicles, transporting staff and patients, was stopped by armed men in Kouki, 82 km north of Bossangoa. The team was forced out of the cars. They were then robbed of personal belongings and medication. Arsene was shot and killed after he and his colleagues were forced to lie face down on the ground for more than 40 minutes.

Born in Bossangoa, from 2000 to 2010, he was a driver for commercial companies. He knew the roads in the area like the back of his hand. He started working as a driver for MSF in January 2014 when the crisis in CAR was still at its height and the population of Bossangoa was living in IDP camps. Despite the dangers, he wanted to help his community in this time of crisis.

Arsène was a devoted, courageous, honest and discreet man. He was a staff representative at MSF, caring for his colleagues and assisting his employer in whatever way he could.

Arsène BASSANGANAM was 45 years old and leaves behind 12 children.