The Central African Republic (CAR), which has experienced continuous volatility for the past two decades, has been riddled by a crisis which ignited in 2012 with a violent takeover of power and has developed into a complex protracted state of permanent insecurity and fragility which has spilled over into neighbouring countries. The crisis is characterized by power struggles amongst elites, the absence of state institutions and public investment, religious and ethnic tensions and disputes for the control of key resources. More recently, the crisis in Sudan, which started in April 2023, is affecting the eastern part of the CAR witnessing arrivals of displaced populations. As of October 2023, 3,923,951 individuals were affected, including 488,866 internally displaced persons (13% of the displaced population), 2,125,798 returnees former IDPs (54%), 513,037 returnees from abroad (13%) and 796,250 refugees (20%). In the CAR, the largest displaced population consists of former IDP returnees. Refugees from the CAR are primarily hosted by Cameroon (353,701 individuals, or 44% of the refugees), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (211,963 individuals, or 27% of the refugees) and Chad (128,619 individuals, or 16% of the refugees). Nonetheless, 18,597 refugees from the Central African Republic are still living in Sudan (2% of the refugees). Since the beginning of the Sudan crisis, a total of 15,335 individuals have entered the CAR through the border in Am-Dafock. The country is also home for refugees from neighbouring countries, hosting a total of 48,052 refugees coming from Sudan (37,549 individuals), the DRC (6,411 individuals), South Soudan (2,747 individuals) and Chad (1,345 individuals).

This map shows the change in the number of IDPs in neighborhoods of the PAPMA, between Round 4 (June 2023) and Round 5 (November 2023)

This map shows the displacement figures in municipalities of the West district, as of November 2023

This map shows the change in the number of IDPs in sites of the PAPMA, between June and November 2023

This map shows changes in the number of IDPs in host families, between the Round 4 (June 2023) and Round 5 (November 2023)

This map shows different types of sites hosting IDPs in the PAPMA. Schools are an important proportion of sites.

This map presents the general displacement situation in the PAPMA's neighborhoods, showing the proportions of IDPs in sites, in host families as well as returnees - former IDPs

This map presents the origins of IDPs by their host municipalities in the West department

This map presents years of displacement of IDPs in neighborhoods where these people are currently hosted in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince