UN agency says more than 2,000 refugees have fled for their lives to neighboring Chad this past week
Authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the turmoil surrounding December's vote when President Faustin Archange Touadéra won re-election
UN officials fear repeat of widespread violence and human rights abuses that marred December's parliamentary vote and presidential election
Conditions are dire, with many refugees sleeping in makeshift shelters or out in the open
The rebels' fighting has enveloped the country and caused a humanitarian crisis in the already unstable nation
One of the world's poorest countries, the CAR has been locked in violence since 2013, when its then president, Francois Bozize, was overthrown
Conditions are particularly dire for tens of thousands of refugees in DR Congo who are scattered across 40 localities in remote, hard-to-reach areas
The number of internally displaced people in the Sahel has quadrupled in just two years and is rising
CAR/state of emergency begins to suppress political violence and rebel attacks
Election-related violence threatens to undo progress toward peace in the Central African Republic, UN says
Central African Republic president begins second term after election win confirmed
President's army, UN peacekeepers repel assault
More than 250 foreign workers, most of them Chinese, say CAR rebels are targeting them
More than 30,000 refugees are estimated to have fled to neighboring countries, 62,000 remain in CAR
Trucks wait in Cameroon because of election violence in C.A.R.
Polls taking place after a week of turbulence, marked by accusations of an attempted coup, the brief seizure of the CAR's fourth-largest town and the
UN calls on authorities to investigate heinous' attacks and bring those responsible to justice
UN human rights office is appealing to neighboring countries to use their influence to ensure a peaceful resolution of this crisis
Criminal gangs are using COVID-19 lockdowns to strengthen their control over communities by stepping up extortion, drug trafficking and sexual and gen