Central african republic facts

Energy

The Emergency Electricity Supply and Access Project (PURACEL) enabled the construction of the 25 MW Danzi photovoltaic solar power plant, with 25 MWh of storage. This funding also improved the electricity distribution network in Bangui and its surroundings.

The construction of two approximately 1 MW solar photovoltaic mini-grids in Bambari and Berberati was completed under the Water and Electricity Modernization Project (PASEEL; P162245). Residents who had been without public electricity services since 2013 now benefit from a permanent supply.

The Power Sector Strengthening and Access Project (PARSE), with $113 million in funding approved in June 2022, aims to: (i) increase Danzi's capacity from 25 MW/MWh to 40 MW/MWh, with private sector involvement; (ii) build five additional solar photovoltaic mini-grids in five major provincial cities (Bouar, Bangassou, Nola, Bossembele, and Birao); (iii) electrify over 600 public facilities (schools, hospitals, administrative buildings) and distribute 60,000 standalone solar systems for households.

Road Infrastructure

The Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery Project (PURIC) rehabilitated 400 kilometers of roads in the northwest and completed 480 kilometers of roads, aiming to achieve 1,500 kilometers in the northeast, reaching the Sudanese border at Am Dafock. These achievements complement those recorded under the Rural Connectivity Emergency Projects, which included (i) constructing a bridge at Bamingui; (ii) building 81 engineering structures; (iii) rehabilitating 12 bridges, 12 rain barriers, and 63 socio-economic infrastructures.

The Central Africa Corridor Improvement Project (PRACAC) will rehabilitate the river connection between Brazzaville and Bangui by dredging and marking the Oubangui River and rehabilitating three river ports in CAR. The project will also pave 150 kilometers of road between Bossembele and Bossangoa, approximately 5 kilomete

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Some key dates in the history of the Central African Republic:

1880s - France annexes the area, partitions it among commercial concessionaires.

1894 - France sets up a dependency in the area called Ubangi-Chari and partitions it among commercial concessionaires.

1910 - Ubangi-Chari becomes part of the Federation of French Equatorial Africa.

1920-30 - Indigenous Africans stage violent protests against abuses by concessionaires.

1946 - The territory is given its own assembly and representation in the French parliament; Barthelemy Boganda, founder of the pro-independence Social Evolution Movement of Black Africa becomes the first central African to be elected to the French parliament.

1958 - The territory achieves self-government within French Equatorial Africa with Boganda as prime minister.

1959 - Boganda dies.

1960 - The Central African Republic becomes independent with David Dacko as president. He turns it into a one-party state.

1965 - Dacko ousted by the army commander, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, as the country faces bankruptcy and a threatened nationwide strike.

1972 - Bokassa declares himself president for life.

1976 - Bokassa proclaims himself emperor and renames the country the "Central African Empire".

1979 - Bokassa ousted in a coup led by David Dacko and backed by French troops after widespread protests in which many school children were arrested and massacred while in detention.

1993 - Ange-Felix Patasse wins presidential elections, ending 12 years of military rule.

2003 - Rebel leader and former army commander Francois Bozize seizes power.

2012 - New Seleka rebel coalition rapidly overruns north and centre of country, and eventually the capital.

2013 - Seleka rebels overrun the capital and seize power in a coup. President Bozize flees.

With turmoil continuing in the country and rival Muslim and Christian fighters accused of killing hundreds, France steps u