Bria, Central African Republic (February 4, 2019) - A much needed influx of goods poured into Bria from Sudan this past week.

August 25, 2018 - Conflict between Anti-Balaka militias and former Selekas in Bornou, a neighborhood near the city center of Bria, northwestern CAR, sends the population into panic and provokes another wave of displacements. Hundreds of Christian families take cover in the IDP camp and others at the local Baptist church (CEBI C3) fleeing the violence.

A violent couple of hours interrupts once again the day in the Muslim ghetto of Pk5, a neighborhood of Bangui. Once known as the economic lungs of CAR’s capital city, Pk5 became a segregated religious enclave where Muslims withdrew to find safety from their Christian neighbors after repeated clashes between the two communities tore through CAR’s social fabric.

The escalation of violence triggered by a forced disarmament operation in Muslim neighborhoods of Bangui in April 2018, dealt a heavy blow to the social cohesion work that had been going on since the 2013 coup.

"We asked for it but didn't know it would come this way" Pk5 resident.

When MINUSCA came to disarm armed groups in the Muslim neighborhood of Pk5, they came at the request of business owners in the community. Shopkeepers are the first victims of racketeering and illegal taxation.