There is a sort of “gymnastics” imposed on civilians whenever there is conflict inside Bangui, as the fighting never spreads over the city at the same time. People leave their neighborhoods due to the combats, for other areas which are calmer. But when the conflict also spreads in these zones, they ...

Even the memory of the pain that he lived through on 5 December 2013 is enough to distort the smiling face of Jean-Pierre Natoua. Hit by poliomyelitis as a child, he bears a serious, aching limp, requiring calm, unhurried motions. That night, however, Jean-Pierre was obliged to run, bearing the pain...

Bijou Ngunzoni Fatuma, 42, is a refugee from Central African Republic living in Boyabu camp in Equateur, province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her torment began on the 6th May 2013 when her husband and his second wife were assassinated. “My neighbor came running to tell me that my husband an...