Analysis: The curious case of Russia in Central African Republic
By Bram Posthumus The Central African Republic (CAR) has intermittently been the backdrop for somebody else’s war. Despite having a population of only 4.8 million people, it is approximately the same size as France, Denmark and the Netherlands combined. That vast open space has been used as a venue for battles by different parties; former coloniser France, strongmen from Chad, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the notorious Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army and a United States Special Forces unit. The latest visitors are Russia, its army and…
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