Central African Republic in DC: State Department Update

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Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, Michel Djotodia, Nicolas Tiangaye, Seleka rebels

Over the weekend, the State Department issued a statement on the situation in the Central African Republic following the overthrow of President Francois Bozize.

I found a passage stating that “the only legitimate government in the CAR is the government of national unity led by Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye” particularly interesting.

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Crisis in the Central African Republic – When Will Washington Jump In?

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Central African Republic, Francois Bozize, Mads Brugger, Selaka

So far, it appears that the DC policy community is exhibiting little interest in the armed conflict in the Central African Republic that recently resulted in its President taking refuge in neighboring Cameroon.

I must confess that I know next to nothing to of the Central African Republic, although I was recently fascinated by the obese white Frenchman (CAR’s Minister for State Security) who featured in Mads Brugger’s The Ambassador, which was set in that country.

I find the geopolitics of the most recent incarnation of the conflict to be fascinating and I suspect the events of the past week will have greater repercussions than the silence emanating from DC’s policy community would indicate