USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive: Central African Republic Conflict

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Extreme sectarian violence in the Central African Republic between the pro-Muslim coalition Seleka and the pro-Christian movement Anti-Balaka that began in 2012 and escalated after Michel Djotodia seized power from François Bozizé in March 2013. By 2017, the ongoing conflict had resulted in the death of 3,000–6,000 and the displacement of 500,000 people internally and 500,000 to other countries.

In July 2017, the USC Shoah Foundation added to the VHA four testimonies from witnesses of the ongoing Central African Republic conflict. The interviews were recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation in Kigali, Rwanda, in January 2016. Three of these interviews are in French and one is in English.

 

Selected Indexing Terms

Anti-Balaka

Bambari (Ouaka, Central African Republic)

Bangassou (Mbomou, Central African Republic)

Bangui (Central African Republic)

Baptist-Mid Missions

Basse-Kotto (Central African Republic : Prefecture)

belief change

Boko Haram

Bozizé, François

Central African Republic 1960 (August 14) – 1965 (December 31)

Central African Republic 1966 (January 1) – 1979 (September 20)

Central African Republic 1979 (September 21) - 1981 (September 1)

Central African Republic 1981 (September 2) - 1993 (October 22)

Central African Republic 1993 (October 22) – 2003 (March 15)

Central African Republic 2003 (March 15) – 2013 (March 24)

Central African Republic 2013 (March 25) - present

Central African Republic armed forces

Central African Republic conflict awareness

Central African Republic conflict reflections

Central African Republic conflict-related psychological reactions

Central African Republic government officials

Central African Republic history

Central African Republic refugees

Central Africans

Christian identity

Christian religious beliefs

Christians

Conseil National de la Jeunesse Centrafricaine

Coordination des musulmans de Centrafrique

Djotodia coup d'état (March 24-25, 2013)

education

flight from Central African Republic

future message

Gbaya

inter-faith relations

Islam

Islamism

Janjaweed

Kembé (Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic)

killings

Kilomètre Cinq (Bangui, Central African Republic : Neighborhood)

M’Poko Airport (Bangui, Central African Republic : Refugee Camp)

mass violence reflections

migration to Central African Republic

Muslims

Naibi, Ahmadou Tidjani Moussa

negotiations

non-violent resistance

Operation Sangaris (December 5, 2013 - October 31, 2016)

Ouaka (Central African Republic : Prefecture)

Pope Francis

post-Rwandan Tutsi Genocide reflections

property seizure

reconciliation

Réseau des Filles et Femmes Élites Pour le Développement

schools

security (motivation)

Séléka

United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic

violence participation motivations

 

Selected Bibliography

Lombard, Louisa. State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic. London: Zed Books, 2016.