But most worrying, it jeopardizes the safety of Central Africans. Since mid-December , more than , Central Africans have been forced to flee their homes and seek safety in other regions of the country or across its borders.
Before the recent wave of violence, 2. Now, as armed groups wreak havoc across the country, key supply chains have been cut. The movement of relief aid, including food and medicine, as well as commercial goods, is being drastically limited. Over the next few weeks, the humanitarian consequences of these disruptions will be dire. Humanitarian organizations must move quickly to re-route incoming relief supplies and find alternate ways to reach populations in need.
Such an innovative and costly endeavor will be difficult unless donors take swift action. International stakeholders must come together to provide crucial funding and enable aid groups to mitigate the troubling consequences of the worsening security context.
CAR is a small landlocked country that has endured repeated cycles of violence since it gained independence from France more than 60 years ago. Despite the end of the civil war, armed groups of varying and mixed ethnicities and religious affiliations still control most of the country beyond the capital of Bangui.
Any sense of security has proved fleeting. Although the government signed a peace accord with 14 armed groups in , its signatories continue to engage in violence. Central Africans find themselves caught in the crossfires, resulting in massive displacement and humanitarian need. However, on December 3, the Central African Constitutional Court rejected his candidacy because of an outstanding international warrant for his arrest for alleged human rights violations during the recent civil war.
