Guidance

When someone dies in Central African Republic

This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in CAR, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

Documents

Details

The bereavement pack includes information about:

  • what to do when someone dies in the CAR
  • burial and cremation
  • returning a body to the UK (repatriation)

Read the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s general guide for bereaved families.

Updates to this page

Published 6 October 2025
Last updated 6 October 2025 show all updates
  1. We have added few information on burial.

  2. First published.

  3. Edited on the section about list of Funeral directors

  4. We have added the HTML attachement and we have deleted the pdf format.

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