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Central African Republic

News coverage about Central African Republic accounts for 0.064% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is up 116.4% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +1.47 — neutral-to-positive. Coverage is surging: 2.3 standard deviations above the trailing average.

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Coverage share
0.064%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+116.4%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+1.47
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Central African Republic coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.06% on 2026-10-040.000.050.10Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Central African Republic coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 1.47 on 2026-10-04+100-10Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Central African Republic: 5 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-10-030.002.55.0Sep 1Sep 11Sep 24Oct 2Oct 3

Diplomacy (2/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Central African Republic: 66 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 8Jul 29Aug 14Aug 27Sep 9Sep 22Oct 3

Coercion & force (3/day latest)

Coercive events located in Central African Republic: 42 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-09-300.0050.0100Jul 7Jul 24Aug 8Aug 23Sep 2Sep 23Sep 30

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Central African Republic, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 0% of the coverage about Central African Republic came from outlets based in Central African Republic — the rest was written from abroad (933 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Central African Republic from domestic outlets (%): 71 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-10-030.000.501.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 11Aug 24Sep 8Sep 22Oct 3

Share of articles about Central African Republic produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Bangui (6)
  • Zingue (4)
  • Ouaka (1)
  • Bouda (1)
  • Bambari (1)
  • Balaka (1)

Places named in coverage about Central African Republic on 2026-10-03 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Central African Republic

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$3.1B
World Bank, 2025
Population
5.5M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
52.9%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.5%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
248
best estimate
Civilian deaths
91
within the above
Recorded events
53
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
427,479
within the country
Refugees abroad
674,222
originating from Central African Republic
Refugees hosted
55,307
from other countries
Asylum seekers
8,454
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Central African Republic-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).