Conventional Long Form name: Central African Republic.
Capital: Bangui
Government: republic
Independence day: 13 August 1960 (from France)
National Holiday(s): Republic Day, 1 December (1958)
Executive powers: To enforce laws
Legislative: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (105 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)
Judicial: Supreme Court (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, at least 3 of which are women)
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Their Ambassador to U.S.: Ambassador Stanislas MOUSSA-KEMBE
Their Embassy location: None but have a chancery, at 2704 Ontario Road NW, Washington, DC 20009
No consulates
U.S, Ambassador to C.A.R.: Ambassador Jeffrey HAWKINS
U.S. Embassy Location: Avenue David Dacko, Bangui (Note: the embassy suspended operations in December, 2012)
We have no Consulates there.
C.A.R. U.N. rep.: Parfait Onanga-Anyanga
Flag dexription: four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; a yellow five-pointed star to the hoist side of the blue band; banner combines the Pan-African and French flag colors; red symbolizes the blood spilled in the struggle for independence, blue represents the sky and freedom, white peace and dignity, green hope and faith, and yellow tolerance; the star represents aspiration towards a vibrant future
Anthem: Le Renaissance" (The Renaissance)
National Symbols: elephant; national colors: blue, white, green, yellow, red
International disputes: periodic skirmishes persist over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan
Refugees: 5,342 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2015)
IDPs: 470,000 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2015)
Human trafficking: current situation: Central African Republic (CAR) is a source, transit, and destination country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, women subjected to forced prostitution, and adults subjected to forced labor; most victims appear to be CAR citizens exploited within the country, with a smaller number transported back forth between the CAR and nearby countries; armed groups operating in the CAR, including those aligned with the former Seleka government and the Lord’s Resistance Army, continue to recruit and re-recruit children for military activities and labor; children are also subject to domestic servitude, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor in agriculture, mines, shops, and street vending; women and girls are subject to domestic servitude, sexual slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced marriage
tier rating: Tier 3 – the Central African Republic does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government conducted a limited number of investigations and prosecutions of cases of suspected human trafficking in 2014 but did not identify, provide protection to, or refer to care providers any trafficking victims; the government did not directly provide reintegration programs for demobilized child soldiers, leaving victims vulnerable to further exploitation or retrafficking by armed groups, including those affiliated with the government; in 2014, an NGO and the government began drafting a national action plan against trafficking but no efforts were reported to establish a policy against child soldiering or to raise awareness about existing laws prohibiting the use of children in the armed forces (2015)
On the upside there are few reports of major drug crimes.
Capital: Bangui
Government: republic
Independence day: 13 August 1960 (from France)
National Holiday(s): Republic Day, 1 December (1958)
Executive powers: To enforce laws
Legislative: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (105 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote with a second round if needed; members serve 5-year terms)
Judicial: Supreme Court (consists of NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, at least 3 of which are women)
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Their Ambassador to U.S.: Ambassador Stanislas MOUSSA-KEMBE
Their Embassy location: None but have a chancery, at 2704 Ontario Road NW, Washington, DC 20009
No consulates
U.S, Ambassador to C.A.R.: Ambassador Jeffrey HAWKINS
U.S. Embassy Location: Avenue David Dacko, Bangui (Note: the embassy suspended operations in December, 2012)
We have no Consulates there.
C.A.R. U.N. rep.: Parfait Onanga-Anyanga
Flag dexription: four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; a yellow five-pointed star to the hoist side of the blue band; banner combines the Pan-African and French flag colors; red symbolizes the blood spilled in the struggle for independence, blue represents the sky and freedom, white peace and dignity, green hope and faith, and yellow tolerance; the star represents aspiration towards a vibrant future
Anthem: Le Renaissance" (The Renaissance)
National Symbols: elephant; national colors: blue, white, green, yellow, red
International disputes: periodic skirmishes persist over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan
Refugees: 5,342 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2015)
IDPs: 470,000 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2015)
Human trafficking: current situation: Central African Republic (CAR) is a source, transit, and destination country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, women subjected to forced prostitution, and adults subjected to forced labor; most victims appear to be CAR citizens exploited within the country, with a smaller number transported back forth between the CAR and nearby countries; armed groups operating in the CAR, including those aligned with the former Seleka government and the Lord’s Resistance Army, continue to recruit and re-recruit children for military activities and labor; children are also subject to domestic servitude, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor in agriculture, mines, shops, and street vending; women and girls are subject to domestic servitude, sexual slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced marriage
tier rating: Tier 3 – the Central African Republic does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government conducted a limited number of investigations and prosecutions of cases of suspected human trafficking in 2014 but did not identify, provide protection to, or refer to care providers any trafficking victims; the government did not directly provide reintegration programs for demobilized child soldiers, leaving victims vulnerable to further exploitation or retrafficking by armed groups, including those affiliated with the government; in 2014, an NGO and the government began drafting a national action plan against trafficking but no efforts were reported to establish a policy against child soldiering or to raise awareness about existing laws prohibiting the use of children in the armed forces (2015)
On the upside there are few reports of major drug crimes.