Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south, the Republic of Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west.

CAR covers an area of ​​approximately 620,000 square kilometers (240,000 square miles). As of 2018, the estimated population is about 4.7 million. As of 2021, CAR is the stage of a civil war and has continued since 2012. Most of the CAR consists of the Sudano-Guinea savanna, but the country also includes the Sahel-Sudan zone to the north and the equatorial forest zone to the south. .. Two-thirds of the country is in the Ubangi River basin (which flows into Congo), and the remaining one-third is in the Chari River basin, which flows into Lake Chad.

Today, the Central African Republic has been inhabited for thousands of years. However, the country's current border was established by France, which ruled the country as a colony from the late 19th century. After independence from France in 1960, the Central African Republic was ruled by a series of dictatorial leaders, including illegal attempts at monarchy.

By the 1990s, the call for democracy led to the first multi-party democratic elections in 1993. Anju Felix Patase became president, but was dismissed by General Francois Bozize in a 2003 coup. The Central African Republic civil war began in 2004, and despite the peace treaties signed in 2007 and 2011, the civil war resumed in 2012. The civil war has perpetuated the country's poor human rights record. Armed groups such as arbitrary imprisonment, torture, freedom of the press and freedom of movement.

The Central African Republic is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world, despite important deposits and other resources such as uranium reserves, crude oil, gold, diamonds, cobalt, sawmills, hydropower, and large amounts of cultivated land. It is one. As of 2017, GDP per capita at purchasing power parity is the lowest in the world. As of 2019, the country has the second lowest level of human development (ahead of Niger), according to the Human Development Index (HDI). 188th out of 189 countries. The country has the lowest inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) and is ranked 150th out of 150 countries. The Central African Republic is also estimated to be the unhealthy and worst country at a young age.