Bodies in the morgue of the Hôpital Communautaire in Bangui. William Daniels—Panos Dec. 6, 2013. Bodies of Christians, including some anti-balaka fighters, in front of the National Assembly.

The workers, who had been employed by Rado Central Coal Mining Company in Bambari — about 850 kilometres from the capital, Bangui — were left in dire conditions without means to return home.

BANGUI-- Thousands of Muslims fled for their lives from the capital of Central African Republic on Friday, with Christian crowds cheering as the truckloads of Muslim families made their way out of ...

3 Children stand near broken-down airplanes in a section of the airport being used to shelter Muslims fleeing the latest sectarian violence, Bangui, March 4, 2014.

Most of Bangui, situated along the banks of the wide Ubangi River, hasn’t had running water for more than a year. At night people spill into the streets in search of water, lugging empty yellow ...

3 A Christian crowd cheers as thousands of Muslim residents from Bangui and Mbaiki flee the Central African Republic, escorted by Chadian troops, Feb. 7, 2014.

In Bangui before the violence between the city’s Muslim and Christian communities reached a crescendo in recent weeks, life was hardly easy in the first place. Unemployment and poverty are sky ...

Muslims have increasingly been targeted since Bangui mayor Catherine Samba-Panza, a Christian, was elected interim president in January.

Mohamed Bomassa was saved today by his baseball cap. “Pour la Paix” it reads, he holds it up for a photo. “This protected me,” he says, explaining that for a Muslim youth crossing Bangui ...