Why Is The Central African Republic At War With Itself? | History of CAR 1960-2021 

"It is both Central,African and a republic" *The HRE has left the chat*

I came for the civil war, and stayed for the history.

I'm from South Sudan and didn't even know how it neighbouring country has such a history.

Today, I also learned that Hilbert’s profile picture was the Sutton Hoo helmet...

didnt there emperor spend like half of the goverments money on a chair

Wow I find it kinda inspiring that the many rebel groups in a multi ethnic and religious country especially that both Muslim and Christian groups, decided to put aside their differences and joined together as one organization to defeat a common foe. Its kinda surprising but also hopeful that people can work together regardless of their background or ideology.

Wow. I don't know how you were able to communicate all of that extremely complicated history so effectively, but you sure as heck did! That was unbelievably well researched and presented. I'm just blown away. Very well done! For such a small country, they are terribly torn apart and divided. I can't imagine what those poor people must go through just trying to survive on a daily basis. I'm praying for the peace of this country. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

Perfect timing... Are you looking at my search history or are you just reading my mind?

Don't we all have inner wars 😔

**Myanmar gets another coup** African countries: *First time? Wait up, Hold my beer..*

The true Emperor Bokassa II could restore the country to its glory

I was employed for a few months to do research on the CAR right after uni. A very interesting vid, well researched!

Great video! It's also interesting that people in Bangui believe that when Bozize gave the Chinese uranium rights in CAR all hell broke loose and he had to escape to Cameroon. The people believe it was France that orchestrated that. Now Bozize is back with the support of France and apparently is the one organising the rebels. The Russians invested a lot in CAR and the current president is using their support to keep the peace. I hope it doesn't turn into another Syria because it's going in that direction.

Call the CAR a "country" seems like a questionable proposition. There needs to be a sort of bankruptcy for failed states.

"Unlike other three letter acronyms for political entities, it is both central, African, and a republic." USA: *sweats nervously*

I like these recent videos you’ve been doing on African and Asian history 👍🏿

I'm loving the consistent content Hilbert, keep up the good work !!

I love your videos Hilbert, they’re so informative and you have an amazing voice for these kinds of topics. Thank you for doing this, I’m glad you were brave enough to start making these videos!

A small correction to a wounderfull video. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 while germany was united about one year later in 1990.

Bokassa and Idi Amin are two of the most interesting political figures of this period.

99% of the time I look for videos about topics I’m interested in and this is the only channel that comes up. Thanks for covering this stuff.

Perfect, just in time for my essay about why the central african republic is at war with itself | history of CAR 1960-2021 - cheers hilbert!!

Really enjoyed the shift in direction of the channel recently

I really enjoy these videos, keep up the good work!

Please continue to make videos like these! Love seeing these

Thank you for your detailed report. As a Peace Corps volunteer who served in Bossembele, RCA in the late 80s, it has been difficult to find sources to keep current on the situation. Sending my hopes for peace in the region. Singila mingi!

A+ on the French pronunciation

I love these videos about countries with big events going on that we rarely hear about.

Chad: that homie of yours who has no qualms taking you in.

Great video my man.

I'm loving all the recent African history videos!

Hey this new trend of modern countries' histories is really good! Keep it up!!!!

Your newest videos about African countries are really interesting, keep up the good work!

Weird thing to point out, but I really appreciate you taking the time to pronounce names properly.

The fact that they joined to form a coalition against their own government with both Muslim and Christian rebellions are fascinating. The Unity is insane..

Finally a well made video on the CARs civil war.

Came for the video. Stayed for the good laugh seeing young Hilbert.

Great video!

Every time I watch about african recent history I have an urge to Play Far Cry 2

I think listing of so many facts without more context makes it hard to keep engaged. But great topic. Something that is truly under covered.

Your videos are hysterically knowledgeable

Interesting history. Thank you.

First to say hi and great video

It is an under reported conflict and I love your video on it

CAR goes vroom into regime changes and doesn't stop

You have a nice channel containing a wide variety of topics i find interesting, and the depth within is fantastic. But i'd suggest increasing your production value, the cost of equipment and worked time per article, especially in the post production stage. It seems your pre production is proper, but the actual production could use a good microphone with a pop filter, and the post processing could do with some compression on your voicetrack, as the master level is quite low on your videos. This is presumeably for the dynamic range being too wide so the peaks are too high. Anyhow, skillshare? It has been proven, and test yourself, the moment you find a video (especially one suited for being in the background) not enjoyable is the moment you find the audio unclear. 360p is fine, but 240p and especially 144p are not watchable, not for the video quality but for the _audio quality_. But good stuff, keep it up!

The sad part is that most likely after bangui falls, the rebel groups will probably just start fighting each other again

Have a read of: The State of Africa, by Martin Meredith. An overall history of Africa from decolonisation. And see the emporer's gold eagle throne!

Died in plane crash = assassinated by France

Make a always suffering violence video on Yemen. After independence it suffered a civil war then one more war which merged North and South Yemen then houthis formation in 2002 then arab spring then civil war again. Please it is very interesting country and make people aware of it's endless wars

I Love Your Profile Hilbert

Saw beast of no nation reference . Nice

You should talk more about 90s-2010s history!

I was wondering whether you could share the sources that you used? It would be a great help. I have been trying to find proper sources about locations of the rebel groups, but haven't really been able to find anything

While the large forces are constantly ANTI one another, nobody is thinking of working FOR the people. What a waste of energy in a country with so much potential.

*Opening notes to Roland the headless Thompson gunner starts playing*

I blame France for pretty much everything, I find it helps.

7:38 bruh lol we got mr I’m the commander, mr goggly eyes, mr or misses hat and backpack? and the black panther the best C.A.R A team ever

I’m enjoying your African history content. Could you cover South Africa from independence to today? I’m interested in the rise of the EFF and how the Blacks and Afrikaans are dealing with the shift in politics.

Very interesting and I hope they solve themselves out

Hey, can you tell me where do you take all that info from? Like I don't think mainstream media covers this subject very well, and your channel showed me it is a very intersting region

Fans: Hey can you cover some modern history? Hilbert: What time frame would you want me to cover? Fans: Anything after WW1 is cool? Hilbert: Ok I'll do next week. PS Great video ✌🏽🙏🏾

lol I'll be there in a couple days! well see how that goes.

TY 😊

Great!

Why is red and a black line in the middle as a background popular for history channels

Maybe make a video about the current ambazonia war in Cameroon’s.

Some countries just aren't ready to exist.

New entity: *gains power after being sick of getting war crimed* New entity: I kinda feel like some war crimes. Anyone else wanna go for a war crime? Something *spicy*.

I was a fan of wearing the uniform, I liked the routine that it brought. But I am an opponent of the idea that a uniform can on its own generate pride in an organisation; the organisation itself has to be something worth taking pride in.

11:50 nitpicky comment: the word balles for bullets in french is pronounced as just "bal", and it would be interesting to note that laka comes from a transliteration of the french l'AK (phonetically "laka") which means the AK.

Micheal Gove: I think the people of the Central African Republic have had enough of these rebel groups with acronyms

Ok. Put that on whilst I was eating. It's now saved to listen to later. Sometimes you pack to much in to digest.

Hilbert became a chad, but that old picture is cursed

such a sad violent history. I hope things get better there sometime soon

Excellent quality, you've got my sub. Here in Europe, we now also have a Republique Centr'Ukraine...🙄

Love the picture of the United Nations Forces in Lebanon!

Bruh, Bokassa was such a weird man.

I thought I was the only one who knew about this civil war

Also can you do some front maps when you talk about such things.

Well at least the rebels are willing to cooperate with each other. Usually these kinds of rebel coalitions fall apart fairly quickly like they did in the Congolese wars.

Beste Hilbert kan je een video maken over de huidige situatie in Ethiopië want dat begint nu echt uit de hand te lopen met waarschijnlijk 52 duizend doden ik zelf ben Ethiopische diaspora dus ik kan je helpen als je dat wil met deze video

Your frogspeak is pretty fluent

I have never heard of this war

What will the next video be about?

Please, correct me if I am wrong on this. So, after the decolonisation period of Africa in the late 20th century, many "unnatural" states were created based on previous colonial borders and not on ethnic groups/religion (e.g. in this case the Central African republic). Some countries that were more stable and with stronger economies (e.g. Nigeria, South Africa) managed to hold on to most of their original territories that were given to them by their colonial masters. However, many countries, like the CAR or Somalia, experienced and are experiencing revolts, revolutions and insurgencies. Aren't those revolts, revolutions and insurgencies a natural (and unfortunately very bloody) follow up to the inability of European powers to create functional states in Africa? and in a way, a natural way for the natives of those lands to create their own states along the lines of ethnic groups and religion, that way correcting the faults of the European powers. SO, in 40-50 years we might see more break-away republics (like the Republic of Logone or Somaliland) and Africa having way more countries and autonomous states. Is it not the responsibility of the UN to support the self-rule of those ethnic groups instead of the established "unnatural" states, like the CAR? (I'm guessing the answer is no, but please share your point of view).

What about a srilankan civil war explainer or explainer on nepal? Sri lanka is so bloody confusing i cant keep track on all the masacres

yo is the other 3letter political entity you meant the one; sanctified by the pope(holy), claiming descent from rome(roman) and ruling other political entities(empire)?? ps; 3 things can´t be "both"

Not gonna lie was a bit disappointed that ZA wasn't mentioned for the absolutely brutal defense they tried to keep up in the battle of Bangui. Good video though.

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2:31 What's that flag on the helmet?? ^^

CAR: the real battle royale

Politics, governance, religion, spirituality, language, tribes, clans, race, And ethnicity

crowd” CAR , CAR , CAR CAR”

can you tell more about Russian involvement, Wagner group in CAR, etc?

Will you do one about the coup in Guinea?

"Central African Republic"... somebody got really creative there. 😏

The first guy Boganda may have been actually assassinated, considering traces of explosives were found. But no report was ever published on it so it remains unresolved. Considering that France isn’t known for its interventions in its former colonies, I find it highly likely.

Cool

Credit to you on your pronouniations. Great presentation too.