FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Aid convoy reaches Central African Republic capital after 50-day blockade” – below is their description.
An #aid convoy on Monday reached #Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, after a 50-day blockade by #rebels who had cut off the city’s lifeline, the #UN said. FRANCE 24’s Clément Di Roma tells us more.
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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.