VICE News The Human Cost of War in the Central African Republic (20 01 2015)

In 2013, a Muslim rebel group named the Seleka led a coup in the Central African Republic (CAR), overthrowing the Christian President Francois Bozize and bringing the country into an ethnoreligious civil war. Later that year, VICE News traveled to the CAR to cover the conflict which has left over 5, 000 dead and nearly a million displaced. Due to the combination of the upcoming February presidential election, the looming exit of French peacekeeping forces, and the total handover to the MINUSCA United Nations troops, the situation in the CAR is extremely fragile. With the conflict entering its third year, questions remain about how to quell the violence, which the UN describes as The Silent VICE News returned to the CAR in 2014 to further document the ongoing conflict and to meet those living through the prevailing chaos. Producer s Note: This documentary was filmed in July and August 2014 in the Central African Republic (CAR). An earlier version of the documentary cited statistics regarding inter