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Central African Republic

Fortuné, 16, used to have a spaghetti-and-coffee kiosk in Bangui. But it was dismantled one night. So now he's pinning his dreams on his singing group.

A teenager from the Central African Republic puts his faith in Divine Efficiency

Music

It’s not easy to make it in the Central African Republic. But Fortuné, a teenage entrepreneur, keeps trying. His latest project is a singing group.

Now

A chilling picture of members of the Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic pretending to behead a comrade. The Anti-Balaka is an extremist Christian group accused of massacring Muslims in the Central African Republic.

The story of this church tells so much about the ethnic cleansing going on in the CAR

Conflict & Justice
Boloji

Congolese singer Baloji aims to change his country through music

Arts, Culture & Media
Muslim men organized in militias with machetes rough up a Christian man while checking him for weapons in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic.

A photographer captures the violence in the streets of the Central African Republic

Conflict & Justice
Central African Republic

UN peacekeepers are heading into the Central African Republic

Conflict & Justice

The UN will send a force of French and African troops to try to prevent the deepening violence in the Central African Republic. They will be heading into utter chaos.

Central African Republic

‘The worst crisis most people have never heard of’ is in the Central African Republic

Conflict & Justice

Violence is increasing in the Central African Republic. And now, its former colonial overseer, France, is talking about an intervention.

An ex-Seleka soldier stands guard in Bossangoa, Central African Republic.

France reasserts itself in Africa, with fresh troops to a troubled Central African Republic

Conflict & Justice

France is sending 1,000 troops to the Central African Republic on a peacekeeping mission to help avoid a genocide. New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch says it’s part of a broad effort to re-establish its sphere of influence and reputation in Africa.

Outrage Over Soldiers Killed in Central African Republic

Arts, Culture & Media

Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Carol Hills about an incident that’s showing up in a lot of South African political cartoons.