UPC and 3R have been the biggest armed movements still holding out against Bangui, which only controls a fraction of the ...

News about Central African Republic, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 22 August 2023 The Central African Republic (CAR) has been almost continuously unstable since independence from France in 1960. It is ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of the Central African Republic Faustin Archange Touadera at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, in 2019.

The Central African Republic (CAR) has been almost continuously unstable since independence from France in 1960. It is rich in diamonds, gold, oil and uranium, but has one of the world's poorest ...