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The Central African Republic Civil War is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving the government, rebels from the Séléka coalition, and Anti-balaka militias. In the preceding Central African Republic Bush War (2004–2007), the government of President François Bozizé fought with rebels until a peace agreement in ...
Understand what is fueling intensified violence in the Central African Republic and track the latest news using the Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker.
Amid a Russian-backed advance, the growing threat of landmines and improvised explosives in the Central African Republic (CAR) points to a dangerous tactical shift in a new and unfolding...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic have increased, complicating a security landscape that has seen a spillover of the conflict in neighboring Sudan, U.N. experts warn in a new report.
For a decade now, the people of the Central African Republic have faced bouts of sectarian violence that have displaced approximately 1 in 4 residents. Here's what you need to know.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday formally ended an arms embargo on the Central African Republic, a largely symbolic move but one that was welcomed by the country’s government as a sign of confidence as it seeks to end more than a decade of intercommunal conflict.
The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been overlooked for years. A landlocked country in the heart of central west Africa, CAR continues to pay the price of a long-standing conflict, and one in five Central Africans remains displaced.
The following is a timeline of events during the Central African Republic Civil War. 2012. Séléka advances in C.A.R. (December 2012–March 2013) ... Central African Republic was de facto divided with Séléka controlling northern parts of country and Anti-balaka controlling southern and western parts. Government control was limited to ...
Since it achieved independence in 1960, the Central African Republic (CAR) has had a tumultuous political history, characterised by endemic instability, military coups (the first was in 1966) and other power transitions scarred by violence. The country has proved incapable of building accountable and legitimate post-colonial institutions.
One details a brutal, organised attack on a village by a pro-Government militia, while the second describes how specific armed groups have perpetrated recurring acts of sexual violence in a systematic and widespread manner.