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## ['No Safety Net.' How Climate Change and Unprecedented Flooding Is Destroying Communities in the Central African Republic](https://time.com/5753900/flooding-central-african-republic/)  
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May 25, 2018  
## [Why Child Soldiers Rarely Stay Free for Long in the Central African Republic](https://time.com/5290083/child-soldiers-central-african-republic/)  
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Jun 6, 2017  
## [A Photographer Reflects on Covering Conflict in the Central African Republic](https://time.com/4799804/central-african-republic/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent
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Apr 6, 2016  
## [Bringing Central African Republic's Story to the World](https://time.com/4282646/central-african-republic-william-daniels-2/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent  
* ![An armed ex-Séléka rebel watches at the Ndassima gold mine near Bambari, Central African Repbulic, July 28, 2015. Several hundred miners produce an estimated 33 lbs \(15 kg\) of gold per month, according to the United Nations Group of Experts report. The m](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b6c36924c2fb555/69887ba5ab6d771a006a8388/28072015-9898.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 5, 2016  
## [Looking for Hope in the Land of the Ignored](https://time.com/4203034/central-african-republic-william-daniels/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz
* ![United Nations peacekeepers patrol outside a vote-counting center for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Bangui, Central African Republic, an. 2, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b550c4a42793f70/69887c218e0601d13c46472f/central-african-republic-peacekeepers-abuse-claims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 4, 2016  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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Nov 24, 2015  
## [Why Pope Francis Is Visiting an Active War Zone in Africa](https://time.com/4126165/pope-francis-central-african-republic/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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## [How the Pope Could Play Peacemaker on His Africa Visit](https://time.com/4124410/pope-francis-visit-africa-kenya-uganda-car/)  
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* ![After the Seleka](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt485134872ee36c76/6987eda20b72e33fb46e1ce4/capa_bleasdalem_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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## [Marcus Bleasdale Wins Robert Capa Gold Medal](https://time.com/3841010/marcus-bleasdale-wins-robert-capa-gold-medal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz
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## [A Year of War in the Central African Republic](https://time.com/3640525/central-african-republic-conflict-anti-balaka-seleka/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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Jan 7, 2015  
## [Senior LRA Commander Surrenders](https://time.com/3657258/joseph-kony-lords-resistance-army-dominic-ongwen/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
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Jan 6, 2015  
## [Photojournalism Daily: Jan. 6, 2015](https://time.com/3654125/photojournalism-daily-15/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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* ![This Aug. 28, 2014, photo shows a Muslim enclosed area between the road to Bangui blocked by an anti-<i>balaka</i> district and Chretien neighborhood in Boda, Central African Republic ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3724914ced9892b9/6987705d8e06010fa1459623/ap352899588342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 22, 2014  
## [Hundreds of Muslims Are Trapped in Enclaves in the Central African Republic](https://time.com/3643591/hundreds-of-muslims-are-trapped-in-enclaves-in-the-central-african-republic/)  
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