January 24 – The Ministry of Health declared a national measles epidemic. Between February 2019 and January 2020, 3,600 people were infected while 53 others died.[1]
March 15 – In a historic first, all Peace Corps volunteers in the country and worldwide were withdrawn.[4]
April
April 30 – At least 25 people were killed and 51 others wounded in clashes in the northeast of the country.[5]
July
July 13 – A U.N. Peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed in an ambush in Nana-Mambéré. The attack was allegedly carried out by the Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation (3R) militia.[6][7]
December 15 – Former president Francois Bozize accepts the court ruling that says he is not eligible for election and calls for unity among the opposition. There are 17 presidential candidates in the December 27 election.[9]
December 21 – Rwanda bolsters its security forces in CAR.[10]
^Kagire, Edmund (July 15, 2020). "RDF Mourns Rwandan Peacekeeper Killed In CAR". Kigali Today. "Rwanda Defence Force is deeply saddened by the death of a Rwandan peacekeeper serving under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), following an attack on 13 July 2020 by elements of an armed group,"