Deep divisions in the Central African Republic

Local residents stand opposite a French soldiers of Operation Sangaris as he holds a machete confiscated from an Anti-Balaka combattant during a patrol in Bangui on January, 2014.(AFP/ISSOUF SANOGO)

The Central African Republic is being torn apart by some of the bloodiest and most gruesome violence the country has seen. The clashes that initially began as a political conflict between the government and the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels, has taken a sectarian turn with the rise of the Christian Anti-Balakas and revenge killings. The new president has promised to protect both Christians and Muslims, but what will it take to bring stability to the C.A.R.? We’ll discuss this and more with Al Jazeera Correspondent Barnaby Phillips and Producer Tristan Redman at 19:30 GMT.

 

In this episode of The Stream, we speak to: 

Barnaby Phillips @BarnabyPhillips 
Al Jazeera correspondent

Tristan Redman @TristanAJE 
Al Jazeera producer

Richie Ronsard Lontulungu @MrLontulungu 
Congolese student

Armani Kombot-Naguemon @AncestralBoddhi 
Central African musician
boddhi-satva.com 

Rachel Sullivan @TheProjectCAR 
Founder, Project CAR

 

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