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Contents 1 Updates? 2 Possible Bias 3 Frosty relations with its neighbor Niger? 4 Proposed WikiProject 5 Circular reference 6 Sango article? 7 Possible Reference Material

[edit] Updates?

So, what happened in the full and multiparty elections in March 2005? Thanx 68.39.174.150 03:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

·== Possible Inaccuracies ==

I am confused by the figure under Geography that states that "estimates of the amount of the country covered by forest ranges up to 75%". I do not know where the 75% came from; it is not cited and according to [1], "CAR has a relatively small area of forest — around five million hectares — corresponding to 8% of the country’s territory." Could someone please find the right number? Thanks. --Queenrani 22:21, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I am confused about the refernce to slave trading up to the year 1910. Where and to whom were these slaves sold?Margelle (talk) 15:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Bias

I am also confused. How can a "fair" election exclude candidates? I submit this article for consideration. [2]

I concur 60.234.217.95 21:47, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frosty relations with its neighbor Niger?

CAR and Niger don't share a border. What is this supposed to say?

Maybe it means neighbor in the sense that they are in the same general region. However, I could not find any examples of frosty relations at all; this fact needs a citation to back it up.

[edit] Proposed WikiProject

In my ongoing efforts to try to include every country on the planet included in the scope of a WikiProject, I have proposed a new project on Middle Africa at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Middle Africa whose scope would include Central African Republic. Any interested parties are more than welcome to add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest to start such a project. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Circular reference

The link at the bottom of the page (under "see also") to "Civil unrest in the Central African Republic" refers back to the top of the page.

I've deleted the link. If you want to see what used to be there then it's here. --Cherry blossom tree 12:37, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sango article?

Can anyone confirm whether this article from the Sango Wikipedia is the article about this country, if so it should be added to the list of interlanguage links. - MTC 18:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Reference Material

I haven't got the time to do this myself but I found a story in the UK independent newspaper and thought It mite be useful

Inside France's secret war For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and fuel the most vicious genocide since the Nazis. Today, this war is so violent that thousands are fleeing across the border from the Central African Republic into Darfur – seeking sanctuary in the world's most notorious killing fields

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article3030349.ece Elstonieo 16:44, 6 October 2007 (UTC)