Central African Republic Conflict
A long-running armed conflict that has displaced a fifth of the population.
Severity score
33.0
Limited · default weighting
Trajectory
Steady
What this is
Armed groups and foreign mercenary forces continue to contest territory outside the capital. Half the population needs humanitarian assistance and access outside Bangui is often impossible. The crisis attracts very little international attention or funding.
Score breakdown
Each factor is a 0–100 relative severity index, not the raw figure or a specific time period. The actual counts and periods are listed under "Standardized Impact" on the right.
Loss of life
34Direct and attributable mortality, normalised across annual and cumulative tolls.
Lives negatively impacted
58People displaced, injured, food-insecure, exposed or otherwise materially harmed.
Financial cost
18Direct damage, lost output and health-system spend attributable to the event.
Environmental impact
10Emissions, habitat and biodiversity loss, contamination and irreversibility.
Trajectory
32Whether the situation is escalating, and how much worse it is plausibly getting.
Recent coverage
- 21 Aug 2026facebook.comMore than 100 people have been killed after an artisanal gold ...
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