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Central African Republic: Russia in the Central African Republic - New Allies, Same Challenges
African Arguments, 23 February 2021
Russia recently sent an additional 300 military advisors to support President Touadéra as part of a deepening relationship. What's in it for each side? Read more »
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Central African Republic: Coup-Proofing - Russia's Military Blueprint to Securing Resources in Africa
CFR, 10 March 2021
In the Central African Republic (CAR), outside the capital Bangui, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra exerts little to no authority. Armed rebel groups control two-thirds… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Children Seen At Risk of Recruitment in Central African Republic Fighting
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 February 2021
- Armed groups have recruited nearly 3,000 children in Central African Republic (CAR) since violence flared over a Dec. 27 election result and more are at risk as aid fails to… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Nearly One In Three Are Displaced in CAR
Norwegian Refugee Council, 18 February 2021
Almost 210,000 people are newly displaced as a result of the escalating conflict in Central African Republic since mid-December, bringing the total number of displaced to 1.5… Read more »
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Central African Republic: When Will the Crisis in CAR End?
IPS, 9 February 2021
Last October, an ICRC medical team helped a woman deliver a baby boy in the bush on their way to a health center we support in Grévaï, a small town in the north-central… Read more »
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Central African Republic: Picking Up the Pieces in the Central African Republic
Crisis Group, 29 January 2021
The risk of an entrenched political and security crisis remains high in the Central African Republic following December's contested elections. In this excerpt from our Watch List… Read more »
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Central African Republic: From the Field - Life After Conflict in the Central African Republic
UN News, 16 February 2021
Behind each case brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC), lie countless personal stories of horror, trauma and, sometimes, hope. "Life after conflict", a photo-led series… Read more »
Russians in the CAR - What's In It for Each Side?
Russia has sent 300 more military advisors to support the government as part of a deepening relationship. The Central African Republic and Russia each receive different benefits from their new relationship. For the former, Russian support primarily helps it assert and maintain power domestically. It among other things allows it to continue outsourcing its security apparatus and protect against another coup d'état. It also has the added advantage of raising concerns among the other Western backers.
According to sources in the UN, several of the CAR's more established partners have responded to Russia's interest by increasing their own support. They have provided more development aid and advisors to Bangui in a bid to counter Russian influence.
For Russia, the CAR primarily is an opportunity to present itself as an important international actor in Africa, writes Tigranna Zakaryan for African Arguments.
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The United Nations High Commission fo Refugees has said that conflict in the Central African Republic displaced more than 200,000 people fleeing to neighbouring countries since ... Read more »
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The Central African Republic held its presidential and legislative elections on December 27, 2020. The country faced many challenges before and still does now. The country's former ... Read more »
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