Central African Republic Issues - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Disputes - international

Central African Republic-South Sudan: periodic violent skirmishes persist among related pastoral populations along the border with South Sudan over water and grazing rights

Central African Republic-Sudan: periodic violent skirmishes persist among related pastoral populations along the border with Sudan over water and grazing rights

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 6,636 (Democratic Republic of Congo), 15,335 (Sudan) (refugees since 15 April 2023) (2023)

IDPs: 474,822 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2023)

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