Motorcycle cabs and poverty reduction in Bangui, Central African Republic

ISBN-13: 9786203821956 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str.

Georges Andjipakoto

Opis

On March 24, 2013, a Central African diplomat Michel Djotodja, stationed in Nyala, Sudan, created a rebel movement called the Séléka coalition, which was made up of a variety of forces that seized power in Bangui and ousted General François Bozizé Yangouvounda from power. He fled to Cameroon. The country became ungovernable. Central African, Sudanese and Chadian Muslim fighters killed and looted civilians. The Central African army, bound by UN resolutions, is far from intervening to protect the threatened population. Faced with the seriousness of the situation, the young people revolted and created a militia movement called Anti-Bal'Aka. Armed with machetes and homemade rifles, the militia went into action to fight the rebels and the Muslim populations involved in the crisis. The spoils of war thus accumulated served as capital invested in informal activities, including the transport of motorcycle cabs. The revenues from this activity have enabled the militia leaders to improve their conditions and those of their families. Today, the transport of motorcycle cabs is a danger to the safety of urban populations because of accidents.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

O autorze

Andjipakoto, Georges Dr. Georges ANDJIPAKOTO holds an HDR in Geography. He is a full professor and teaches courses in planning and geopolitics at the Department of Geography (FLSH) at the University of Bangui (Central African Republic).