Central African Republic: Marginality and violence

The Central African Republic, proclaimed on December 1, 1958 by Barthélémy Boganda, the first priest, first deputy and first head of government of Oubangui-Chari, is a vast territory colonized by France between 1910 and 1960. This immense geographical area of 623,000 km² has a small population, the smallest on the black continent: almost 4,500,000 ha with an average density of 7.5 ha per km2. While its population is not large compared with Nigeria (over 100,000,000 ha, Democratic Republic of Congo: over 60,000,000 ha), etc., it is, on the contrary, a gigantic asset of green space, a veritable water tower that can grow any plant in the world, innumerable natural resources such as jewelry diamonds, gold, uranium, cement, oil and certain rare minerals. It should also be pointed out that research work has been carried out throughout the region, the results of which remain unpublished to this day.