Central African Republic
From Village to Vogue: Central African Republic’s Cuisine Finds a Global Stage
By Brigitte M’Bali-Nzapa BANGUI, Central African Republic — In a shaded courtyard off a quiet Bangui avenue, the scent of slow-simmering gozo — fermented cassava — coils through the air, intertwining with the nutty...
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...
Nature’s Return: Eco-Tourism Revives the Central African Republic’s Hidden Parks
DZANGA-SANGHA, Central African Republic — At dawn, a pale mist drapes the Dzanga Bai clearing. Forest elephants emerge from the shadows, their vast frames...
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 stored. Along the rooftops of modest cinderblock homes, solar panels gleam under the dry-season sky. Indoors, refrigerators hum, fans stir the heavy air, and schoolbooks lie open beneath steady, unblinking light. For decades, the Central African Republic (CAR) has been defined in global headlines by political instability and humanitarian crises. Less visible is its gradual pivot toward renewable energy — particularly solar power — a shift driven as much by necessity as by environmental vision. With more than 2,800 hours of sunshine annually, the country has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nature’s Return: Eco-Tourism Revives the Central African Republic’s Hidden Parks
DZANGA-SANGHA, Central African Republic — At dawn, a pale mist drapes the Dzanga Bai clearing. Forest elephants emerge from...
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,...
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...
