Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Central African Republic / is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad in the north, Sudan in the northeast, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. It covers an area of ​​about 620,000 square kilometers, and has an estimated population of about 4.4 million as of 2008

The Central African Republic is located in the heart of the continent and about halfway between the north and south of the continent, which is an internal state, and the nearest coast is one thousand kilometers from it, bordered by the Republic of Sudan from the northeast and south Sudan from the east and Chad from the north, Zaire and Congo to the south, and Cameroon from the west . Its plateau is a medium-rise plateau (600 m - 1000 m), with some high peaks, where it is considered a division of water between the Chad Basin in the north and the Congo Basin in the south

The climate of Central Africa belongs to the tropical climate, which is a hot, humid model, which rains in the summer, followed by the dry season, and the rains decrease in the north of the country, the temperature increases in this range, and the vegetation cover is in the tropical forests in South Central Africa, which extend to the savannah grass in the north

The country's economy depends on agriculture as the first craft of the population and about 65% of the workforce is employed by it. Despite this, only 2% of its land is grown and it produces sorghum, rice and peanuts. Foreign companies exploit the cultivation of cotton, coffee, rubber and oil palm, and the craft of agriculture follows the grazing craft. The tsetse fly (or alasna) limits livestock raising in the south, diamonds and a little gold are extracted, uranium ores are found, and rivers are the most important means of transportation, especially the Obangi River, which connects them to the outside world through the Congo River, and Central Africa is one of the poorest countries and most of its economy depends on Aid

According to the United Nations Development Program, 62.4% of the population of the Central African Republic lives at $ 1.25 a day. Figures on how many people live below the poverty line are not available

According to the World Factbook report, the percentage of Muslims in the Central African Republic is 15%, while 25% of them are Protestant and 25% are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, while 35% of the population of the Republic embraces local African beliefs, and the report also indicates that revival influences strongly On the beliefs and rituals of the majority of Christians, a US State Department report talks about a process of amalgamation between spiritual beliefs and the beliefs of the majority of Christians

While the study of Syed Abdul Karim Bakr in his book Muslim Minorities in Africa estimates that the proportion of Muslims is about a third of the population, and Islam spreads among the Arabized groups and the Albil and Pororo groups, he thought, as it spreads among the groups that live in the Middle and Middle East, Central Africa was affected by the neighboring Islamic kingdoms, It was built in north-eastern Lake Chad in the fifth century AH

Many missionary groups are active inside the country including Lutheran, Baptist, and Catholic groups as well as missionaries affiliated with the Brotherhood Grace Churches and other Jehovah's Witnesses. Although these missionaries are mostly from the United States of America, France, Italy and Spain, there are missionary groups that come from Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo and other African countries. When hostilities between the rebels and the government erupted in 2012 and 2013, these missionary missions left the country, but the majority have now returned to complete their work

The population of the Central African Republic has quadrupled since independence, in 1960 the population was 1,232,000 and after 50 years, that is, by 2010, the population according to data from "Economy Economics" indicates 4.27 million, while the population currently reaches 4 , 53 million people

According to United Nations estimates, 11% of the population between the ages of 15 and 45 are infected with HIV, while data from the United Nations Children's Fund indicate that the rate of this virus among adults in the republic is high, exceeding 13%, which leads to the spread of street children AIDS to orphan more than 100,000 children. Only 3% benefit from ARV treatment, compared to the coverage of 17% of those infected in neighboring countries Chad and the Republic of the Congo

The society of the Central African Republic is rich in ethnic and linguistic diversity, with 80 ethnic groups and each group communicating with their own tongue. Thus the most important ethnic groupings in the country are the Paya, Panda, Mandegia, Mboom, Mepka, Yakoma and Fula groups, and others are Europeans, most of whom are of French descent

Lonely old dwarf groups live in it, as its main Negro population brings together two main Negroes, including the Bantu Manda and Yaya in the west of the country, including also the pandas and the secret in the center and the east and the Azande and the Obangi in the south. Belle and Pororo groups inhabit the Western Highlands

This period was marked by the occurrence of military coups d'état, the most recent of which was the coup of Michel Djotodia, with the support of the Silka movement. France immediately intervened and incited the Christian population, and the fighting began in March 2013 when the militants of the Selika coalition, who were mainly Muslims, overthrew the Christian president, François Bozizé, who Supported by the "anti-French" Christian militia backed by France

The Seleka fighters are estimated at about 25,000 fighters, according to some estimates, and the coalition leads Michel Djotodia (who was named "Mohamed victim", before he changed his name), and he is the first Muslim president to take over after his forces took control of the capital, the presidential palace and the Christian president’s flight. (François Bozizi), on March 24, 2013. On September 13, 2013, President Djotodia officially disbanded the "Celica" forces, and it was announced that some of their fighters had been merged into the army ... but apparently the solution did not work, and integration into the army was not effective. So, the forces remained retained by their leadership and cohesion

On the 9th of December 2013, the French forces, in cooperation with the African forces present in the country, disarmed more than seven thousand Celika fighters, placing them in various barracks in the capital. This is an act that enraged Muslims, given that these forces represented a measure of protection against Christian militia

Therefore, Muslims organized protests in some streets of the capital, condemning the French bias in favor of the Christians, and erected barricades with tires and stones, in protest against the spread of the French forces, and they said that this leaves the Muslims isolated without protection from the militia (anti-Balaka). Other protests also appeared against French forces, after three Celica fighters were killed in clashes with the French