1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov July 8, 2021Crisis in the Central African RepublicThe Central African Republic (CAR) remains beset by violence and humanitarian suffering despite international stabilization efforts, two national elections, and multiple peace processes over the past decade. Growing Ru
2、ssian involvement in CARs defense and mining sectors has raised U.S. policy concerns as a potential model for Russian penetration in Africa. U.N. agencies reported in mid-2021 that 2.8 million people in CAR (over 50%) required humanitarian assistance and over 700,000 were internally displaced, while
3、 nearly 700,000 more were refugees in nearby countries. These figures have increased in recent months. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought new health and economic challenges, though CAR has identified (and tested) fewer cases than many other countries. President Faustin Arch
4、ange Touadra was reelected to a second, five-year term in December 2020. He has since overseen a rapid offensive in which the national military (known as the FACA), backed by Russian security contractors, has reclaimed parts of central, eastern, and northern CAR for the first time since 2013, when n
