Photo Credit: Refugees International
11/18/2006

The Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the world’s most neglected humanitarian crises. There are just three or four agencies responding to the plight of the 200,000 internally displaced people in CAR -- such as this father and son -- and the more than 50,000 refugees who have fled to neighboring countries. Issues including security, poor infrastructure, and lack of capacity in the government continue to hamper economic growth and development. Violence in northwest CAR is spreading terror and displacement. In addition, insecurity in neighboring Chad and Sudan threatens to further destabilize the country, and the region as a whole.