Episode #5 | Rebel Violence in the Central African Republic

Global Thread

The Central African Republic, or the CAR, is currently dealing with some post-election drama that was years in the making. Conflict between various rebel groups has decimated the land and displaced or killed large swaths of the population. Political unrest and instability have, in a direct way, contributed to the growing tensions over the years, with authoritarian administrations inflicting military force on the general populous. So how did we get from a newly independent nation in 1960 to a nation in turmoil contending with a highly contested democratic election?

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