Central African Republic Content
CAR, South Sudan Turmoil Challenge Counter-LRA Mission
U.S. military advisors and African partner forces face difficulties in their mission to end the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, and to capture rebel leader Joseph Kony, because of heightened regional instability and insufficient helicopter support, argues a new Enough Project report ...
Al Jazeera America Op-ed: To understand the crisis in the CAR, beware of familiar narratives
The Central African Republic’s interim president and rebel leader, Michel Djotodia, was forced to resign today at a two-day summit in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena ...
Rights Groups Call For U.S. Government Strategy to Halt Violence in the Central African Republic
As the security situation in the Central African Republic worsens, a coalition of NGOs including the Enough Project urges a comprehensive U.S. government strategy to halt violence, protect civilians, and defend human rights ...
Central Africa: Access to Remote Areas Needed to Eliminate The LRA Rebel Group
Washington, D.C. --- Today, as the U.N. Security Council meets to discuss the status of the counter-Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, mission, the Enough Project released a new report, highlighting gaps in the fight to eliminate the LRA ...
Enough 101: Crisis in the Central African Republic: What You Need to Know Now
This week's post in the series Enough 101 offers an overview of the Central African Republic, and contextualizes current events in the state ...
Rights Groups Urge for Swift International Action to Protect Civilians in the Central African Republic
In response to the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic, the Enough Project has signed on to a press statement calling attention to the crisis and urging swift international action ...
ThinkProgress: Why The Central African Republic Is The Worst Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of
Central African Republic — or CAR — baring an improbably simple name and lacking much in the way of resources and population. The country is not only real, it’s in the middle of a spate of lawlessness that has left the population terrorized and the government nearly non-existent ...
Recent Encounter with the LRA May Provide Hints about Kony’s Whereabouts
The Ugandan army, or UPDF, earlier this month had a major confrontation with the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. The location of the reported firefight is significant in that it could provide clues about where Kony is currently hiding ...
Situation in Central African Republic Fragile Even as Rebels, Government Sign Peace Deal
After a month-long standoff, the Central African Republic government and a rebel alliance agreed upon a peace deal to end an uprising that threatened to spark a humanitarian crisis and un-seat President François Bozizé. “Failure to go further to discuss the reasons for the lack of implementation of previous agreements and to correct these may lead to another meltdown, a few years down the line again, as a result of lost expectations and frustrations,” warned U.N. special envoy to Central African Republic Margaret Vogt after the signing ...
Central African Republic: Refuge for the Lord’s Resistance Army
This week's post in the series Enough 101 is the fourth in a multi-part history of the Central African Republic ...
