Matar | A hero in Bria, Central African Republic
In times of crisis, heroes rise up and lead their communities toward peace and justice. Throughout our 12 years working in some of the most remote and dangerous communities in central Africa, we’ve met some of the world’s greatest heroes. We’re partnering with those local heroes to build a safer more peaceful future for thousands […]
2017 Midyear Security Brief
Sectarian tensions steadily escalated in eastern Central African Republic (CAR) in the first six months of 2017. In June, violence spread from Haut Kotto and Mbomou prefectures into the communities of Zemio and Mboki in neighboring Haut Mbomou prefecture. Attacks by ex-Seleka, anti-balaka, and armed Peuhl have killed at least 346 civilians in the three prefectures since January […]
Monthly Security Brief | May 2017
A Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) group crossed the border from Central African Republic (CAR) into northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in May 2017, abducting at least 23 people in a series of attacks on civilians en route to Garamba National Park. In eastern CAR, violence by armed groups against civilians escalated dramatically in May, with ex-Seleka […]
Papa Joseph || Father of Invisible Children CAR
This Father’s Day, we want to introduce you to the incomparable Papa Joseph, Invisible Children’s Early Warning Network Project Assistant in Obo, Central African Republic (CAR). Papa Joseph hails from Zemio, CAR, a small town near the DR Congo (DRC) border and not far from Obo, where our Invisible Children CAR office is located. In […]
Take Action: Help end the violence in Central African Republic
We have an important chance to help stop the mass violence in Central African Republic, but we don’t have a lot of time – we need you all to take action today. Some of you know that we’ve been following the crisis in the Central African republic, which erupted in March 2013. Thousands have been […]
Action alert // Congress meet about CAR
++ UPDATE 5/6/14: Watch a recording of the hearing here ++ Today at 10am ET, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on African Affairs will hold a hearing about the ongoing crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). The aim of the hearing is to keep the CAR crisis on the radar of the U.S. Government and to better identify how […]