The Situation in CAR
![A severely malnourished child lays by his mother at a pediatric center in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 17, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/87a6cc54-1aba-47e5-9fb4-7d6072df0ac9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A severely malnourished child lays by his mother at a pediatric center in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 17, 2013.
![Internally displaced people escaping violence take shelter at Saint Paul's Church, Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 17, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d4505fb9-1263-457a-b8be-3970831c4c5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Internally displaced people escaping violence take shelter at Saint Paul's Church, Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 17, 2013.
![Internally displaced people escaping violence take shelter at Saint Paul's Church, Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 17, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/a90b94b6-02e3-4629-aafc-bbef293adac4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Internally displaced people escaping violence take shelter at Saint Paul's Church, Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 17, 2013.
![A uniformed FOMAC peacekeeper chats with local boys while another one dressed in full riot gear sits in the tense combatant neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 16, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9a68ba9a-1f4f-415c-9b39-defa1dc2525c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A uniformed FOMAC peacekeeper chats with local boys while another one dressed in full riot gear sits in the tense combatant neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 16, 2013.