{"id":8230,"date":"2026-02-09T23:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/policy-update-central-african-republic-factsheet\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:06:04","slug":"policy-update-central-african-republic-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/policy-update-central-african-republic-factsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Update:  Central African Republic Factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"block-layout-region\">\n<div id=\"block-herointernalpageblock\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-hero-internal-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero_wrapper custom-hero  internal-hero-js-adjust\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 3%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), url(\" themes custom uscirf2020 assets images defaulthero.png\"); background-position-x: center; background-position-y: center\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h1 class=\"internal-hero-title\">Policy Update:  Central African Republic Factsheet <\/h1>\n<div class=\"custom-breadcrumb hidden\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"insertNavHere\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"container\">\n              <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-uscirf2020-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"basic-page\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-unique-9700\" style=\"\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-animation-delay=\"0.3\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"single-container row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"full-content\">\n<div>\t<span><span>Read the full <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Policy%20Update-CAR%20Factsheet%20October%202017.pdf\">report<\/a><\/strong> here.<br \/>\n\t\u00a0<br \/>\n\tThe Central African Republic (CAR) has a long history of political strife, coups, severe human rights abuses, and underdevelopment. Despite this, sectarian violence and targeted killing based on religious identity are new to the majority-Christian country. The ongoing conflict started after the 2013 coup by a coalition of Muslim-majority militias and has resulted in thousands of people dead, 2.2 million in need of humanitarian assistance, more than 480,000 refugees, and more than 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Before 2012, 85 percent of CAR\u2019s population was Christian and 15 percent was Muslim. By the end of 2014, 80 percent of the country\u2019s Muslim population had been driven out of CAR.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-taxonomytermview\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-taxonomy-term-view\">\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/resources\/policy-update-central-african-republic-factsheet?rand=6542\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Update: Central African Republic Factsheet Read the full report here. \u00a0 The Central African Republic (CAR) has a long history of political strife, coups, severe human rights abuses, and underdevelopment. Despite this, sectarian violence and targeted killing based on religious identity are new to the majority-Christian country. 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