United Nations published this video item, entitled “Against all odds – Fatima’s story” – below is their description.
As MINUSCA’s Network Engineer in the Central African Republic, Fatima Khamis broke through all traditional and cultural barriers achieving success in a field in which women are typically underrepresented.
United Nations YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Central African Republic
The Central African Republic, or Centrafrique, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.
It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest and Cameroon to the west. The CAR covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi) and had an estimated population of around 4.7 million as of 2018.
As of 2020, the CAR is the scene of a civil war, ongoing since 2012.