Central African Republic

Books on Wheels: Mobile Libraries Drive a Literary Revival in the Central African Republic

KEMBE, Central African Republic — At first light, a thin red haze rises over the savanna as a dented Toyota Land Cruiser navigates the ruts of a dirt track. Wooden crates fill the...

Wired for Reform: The Central African Republic’s Digital Gamble

BANGUI, Central African Republic — In the cramped glow of a neighborhood internet café in Bangui’s PK5 district, the low hum of desktop fans competes with the clicking of keyboards. On one screen,...

Harnessing the Sun: The Central African Republic’s Quiet Solar Revolution

By Aurélien Dombé BANGUI, Central African Republic — On the fringes of Bangui, where nights once descended into unbroken darkness, sunlight is now captured and...

European Commission announces €545 million package to scale up renewables in Africa

New York - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled today a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa' campaign, co-hosted with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. This campaign raises global awareness and mobilises public and private investments for clean energy generation and access across Africa. “The choices Africa makes today are shaping the future of the entire world. A clean energy transition on the continent will create jobs, stability, growth and the delivery of our global...

Wired for Reform: The Central African Republic’s Digital Gamble

BANGUI, Central African Republic — In the cramped glow of a neighborhood internet café in Bangui’s PK5 district, the low hum of desktop fans...

Books on Wheels: Mobile Libraries Drive a Literary Revival in the Central African Republic

KEMBE, Central African Republic — At first light, a thin red haze rises over the savanna as a dented Toyota Land Cruiser navigates the...

How Music and Dance Are Restitching the Social Fabric of the Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic — The first notes come quietly: a low thump of the drum, a ripple of balafon keys. In the Boy-Rabe district, dusk settles over ochre earth, and a walled courtyard fills with the cadence of bare feet meeting ground. Dancers, shoulders rolling and hips swaying in wide arcs, move in time with the beat. Laughter weaves through the chorus of...

A Nation on the Edge: The Central African Republic’s Fight to Keep Its Health System Alive

BANGUI, Central African Republic — In the main ward of Bangui’s Hôpital Communautaire, the air is heavy and warm. A single ceiling fan turns lazily, its blades pushing stale air over a row...

Harnessing the Sun: The Central African Republic’s Quiet Solar Revolution

By Aurélien Dombé BANGUI, Central African Republic — On the fringes of Bangui, where nights once descended into unbroken darkness,...

Boom or Bust: The Central African Republic’s Uneasy Gamble on Its Mineral Wealth

BERBÉRATI, Central African Republic — The midday heat settles heavily over the ravine, thick with the smell of damp earth. Barefoot men in tattered shirts lower battered plastic buckets into shafts no wider...

Boom or Bust: The Central African Republic’s Uneasy Gamble on Its Mineral Wealth

BERBÉRATI, Central African Republic — The midday heat settles heavily over the ravine, thick with the smell of damp...