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Why COVID-19 is Not Ravaging One of the Most Fragile Country’s On the Planet, The Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is near the bottom of every major economic or development indicator. For example, out of 189 countries ranked in the UN Development Program’s Human Development Index, the Central African Republic is second to last. When it...

Can UN Peacekeepers Prevent the Central African Republic from Descending Deeper into Conflict?

The Central African Republic is facing some serious challenges right now. Four years ago, the country was on the brink of genocide after the longtime strongman Francois Bozize was ousted in an armed rebellion. The violence quickly turned sectarian with...

WATCH: Rarely Seen Footage from the Conflict in the Central African Republic

Fighting has intensified in recent days un certain parts of the Central African Republic, including an apparent massacre of over 100 people in a mining town near the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo. This fighting in more remote...

PODCAST: Photographer Marcus Bleasdale Documents Human Rights Abuses Around the World

The internationally acclaimed and award-winning photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale has a spread in the latest issue of National Geographic documenting conflict in the Central African Republic. This work is just the latest example of how Bleasdale puts his considerable talents to use...

A Mass Grave Was Found in CAR. Will Congolese Troops Face Justice?

Human Rights Watch released a damning report today, offering evidence that soldiers from the Republic of Congo deployed as peacekeepers to the Central African Republic killed 18 people between December 2013 and June 2015. The report includes evidence that Congolese...

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