Title:
What it will take to end civil war in the Central African Republic
Author:
Tim Glawion
Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Published:
The Conversation, 6 September 2021
From the article
In recent months, Central African politicians and journalists have shared images of the military posing in front of different town signs – seemingly as proof of the state regaining control over a country caught up in civil war for almost a decade.
The civil war commenced when rebel groups in the country’s northeast formed a coalition in 2012 to topple President François Bozizé. Their declared interest was the defence of a marginalised population’s demands for development.
However, the more likely trigger for the rebellion was Bozizé’s attempt to take over control of the armed groups’ lucrative mining business.