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The Central African Republic is also estimated to be the unhealthiest country [15] as well as the worst country in which to be young. [16] The Central African Republic is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the Non-Aligned ...
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra with US President Joe Biden, and Dr. Jill Biden, 14 December 2022 (from Central African Republic) Image 10 Mothers and babies aged between 0 and 5 years are lining up in a Health Post at Begoua, a district of Bangui , waiting for the two drops of the oral polio vaccine .
After gaining independence from France in 1960, the Central African Republic was ruled by a series of autocratic leaders, including under Jean-Bedel Bokassa who changed the country's name to the Central African Empire and ruled as a monarch from 1976 to 1979. By the 1990s, calls for democracy led to the first multi-party democratic elections in ...
The Central African Armed Forces (French: Forces armées centrafricaines; FACA) are the armed forces of the Central African Republic and have been barely functional since the outbreak of the civil war in 2012. Today they are among the world's weakest armed forces, dependent on international support to provide security in the country.
The history of the Central African Republic is roughly composed of four distinct periods. The earliest period of settlement began around 10,000 years ago when nomadic people first began to settle, farm and fish in the region. The next period began around 10,000 years prior.
The economy of the Central African Republic is $2.321 billion by gross domestic product as of 2019, even lower than much smaller countries such as Barbados [12] [13] with an estimated annual per capita income of just $529 as measured nominally in 2024. Sparsely populated and landlocked, the Central African Republic is overwhelmingly agrarian. [13]
Since 10 December 2020, The Central African Republic is administratively divided into 20 prefectures (French: préfectures, Sango: kodoro kômanda-kôta) and the capital city of Bangui, which is an autonomous commune (French: commune autonome, Sango: kôta-gbata).
The Central African Republic has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. Parties. Current parties