On February 6, guarantors and many of the signatory parties of the Political Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic (CAR) celebrated its one-year anniversary. In Bangui, g…

Fleeing violence, a family resettles in the burnt-out shell of a light aircraft at Bangui International Airport, December 2013. (UNHCR/S. Phelps) Two months after the beginning of the French/Africa…

With just weeks to go before the Central African Republic (CAR) is due to hold a constitutional referendum and legislative elections, doubts over the country's preparedness for the polls linger as log…

The Central African Republic (CAR) is a typical context in which researchers and aid workers find it hard to identify achievements and success stories. In a conflict marked by incessant violence and a…

Earlier this month, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’Brien issued an alarming call to address “early warning signs of genocide” in the Central African Republic…

France ended its Operation Sangaris in the Central African Republic on October 30, almost three years after its initial deployment. This departure leaves a 13,000-strong United Nations force as the ma…

Human Rights Watch this week warned of a potential “lost generation” of Central African Republic (CAR) children, with armed groups and peacekeepers taking up residence in schools and preventing studen…

Soldiers from the Rwandan Defense Force arrive in Bangui to join the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), January 17, 2014. (US Army Africa/Tom Byrd) …

Last month, violent clashes erupted in the Central African Republic (CAR) after the killing and beheading of a 19-year-old Muslim in Bambari, allegedly by members of the Christian and animist militias…

The signing of a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration agreement between the two major armed factions in the Central African Republic has increased hope for the country's peace and reconcilia…