The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution extending sanctions against armed groups and individuals operating in the Central African Republic. The measures include asset freezes, travel bans, and restrictions on supplying weapons and military equipment to armed groups. But they warned that armed groups and cross-border arms networks continue to threaten stability, particularly in border regions. The CAR’s ambassador to the UN, Marius Aristide Hoja Nzessioué, questioned how the armed groups continued to find weapons despite the sanctions. “If we don't find the mechanisms which feed these groups, we run the risk of reproducing the cycle in which the armed groups are sanctioned, have their capacity temporarily reduced, and then rearm themselves through new supply circuits.”