NOUN
- a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960
How To Use Central African Republic In A Sentence
- Central African Republicconventional long form: Central African Republic conventional short form: none local long form: Republique Centrafricaine local short form: none former: Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire abbreviation: CAR Country name
- Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51% male: 63.3% female: 39.9% (2003 est.) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Central African Republic conventional short form: none local long form: Republique Centrafricaine local short form: none former: Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire abbreviation: CAR Central African Republic
- Central African Republic has ordered radio and television stations to stop broadcasting songs which encourage men to dump their wives, saying such music is a hindrance to the country's development.
- The World Health Organization has certified 180 countries free of transmission of dracunculiasis, including six formerly endemic countries: Pakistan (in 1996), India (in 2000), Senegal and Yemen (in 2004), Central African Republic and Cameroon (in 2007). Dracunculiasis
- A western lowland gorilla peers out at onlookers deep within a remote forest in the Central African Republic.
- Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for three of the year ` s five status changes: Benin declined from Free to Partly Free, and both the Central African Republic and Niger moved into the Not Free column owing to authorities ` attempts to limit news coverage, particularly in conflict areas. Freedom of the press deteriorates globally
- It also lays along the main trucking route to bring goods in and out of the Congo and Central African Republic. A little break « Cameroon
- Mayor just returned from tracking the western lowland gorilla in Central African Republic, the subject of an EXPLORER program that will premiere early next year.
- There have been influxes of refugees from the civil war in neighboring Central African Republic and of well-paid oil workers who drove up food prices.
- The Central African Republic, emerging from a fragile political situation, is land-locked and has a poor transport system.