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In recent months, the clade Ib strain of mpox has spread across Central Africa with over 14,250 cases recorded this year by the African Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (Africa CDC). On August 14, the Africa CD...

On December 27, the Central African Republic will hold presidential and legislative elections amid the country’s fragile security and political atmosphere and the contentious return of former President Francois Bozizé. T...

The CDC has issued a blanket Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Polio in parts of Africa and Asia. The notice urges enhanced safety precautions for travelers to 22 countries whose limited health systems, poor sanitation pr...

In 2018, the U.S. Department of State introduced the Travel Advisory system. Fifteen months after the system went into effect, the Department has unveiled its first significant modification: the addition of a new, separa...

On April 20, the U.S. Department of State ordered the temporary departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel at U.S. Embassy in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) in the wake of outbreaks of violence. This vi...

Violence continues across large swaths of territory in the Central African Republic (CAR), particularly its eastern prefectures, despite the Sant’ Egidio Accord that was signed on June 19 between representatives of CAR’s...

The Central African Republic (CAR) is at a critical juncture following months of severe instability and a deteriorating security situation that prompted the closure of the U.S. Embassy in Bangui in December 2012. Fightin...

Since mid-December, a coalition of Central African Republic (CAR) rebels, known as Seleka (“alliance” in Sango language), have seized control of more than half the country, from Ouandja in the northeast to Batangafo in t...

On June 12, a female French national employee of an international aid organization was shot and killed in the Central African Republic. The aid employee had been traveling from the group’s regional base near the Chadian...

Continued highway robberies and banditry have brought increased insecurity to western CAR. Increased attacks have led some to flee their villages for safety in larger towns. In the southwest, unemployment continues to ca...

On Wednesday, February 14, several large demonstrations gathered in Bangui, near the airport and headed towards the center of town. U.S. Embassy operations were suspended and the compound was locked down Wednesday mornin...