Central African Republic

Putin’s pursuit of influence, arms sales, and mercenary meddling in the Central African Republic has left Moscow mired in a quagmire.

And that makes it all the more challenging to get to grips with.

Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.

The international community can help rebuild the army and institutions, but its presence cannot be permanent.

The country’s postelection violence threatens a humanitarian catastrophe—and a continued standoff between Russia and France for influence in Central Africa.

Proxy wars pitting France and Chad against Russia and Rwanda threaten to destabilize the entire region while subjecting Central Africans to more violence and instability.

Children are at the center of the Central African Republic’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic—and to break the country’s cycles of violence.

Park staff struggle to protect the animals—and themselves—against poachers and militias.

One of the world’s most experienced autocrats has clinched another seven-year term by bending the rules of the game in his direction in ways both old and new.

U.N. member states must renew their commitment to the vital peacekeeping operations that end wars, protect civilians, and save lives.

But it can help solve local conflicts. Here’s how.

Five years after its viral video broke the internet, Invisible Children is on the front line of a covert war against the Lord’s Resistance Army.

France just ended its mission in the CAR, leaving the country with scandal-plagued U.N. peacekeepers.

The infamous LRA warlord and his sons still have not been caught.

Anders Kompass was cleared of charges that he improperly gave the French a confidential paper documenting sexual abuse in the Central African Republic.

The U.N. is mobilizing 3,000 peacekeepers to protect Pope Francis. Can his message of reconciliation help heal the war-torn nation?

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Warlords are running roughshod over the U.N. in the Central African Republic. Now the country is rushing into elections that could accelerate the killing.

Aid workers struggle to reach thousands of displaced as U.N. peacekeepers square off against militants.

After a weekend of looting and sectarian violence, anti-government protesters in Bangui clash with U.N. peacekeepers.