audio, stills, text and or video: Go to http://www.zReportage.com to see more - The Central African Republic (C.A.R.) is in the grip of a humanitarian crisis and most of its people have no access to basic medical services because of insecurity and lack of funding. The country has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960 and is one of the least-developed countries in the world. The newly sworn-in rebel leader Michel Djotodia is struggling to control the impoverished but mineral-rich nation, which has witnessed a string of violent power changes in its short history. C.A.R. is among the ten poorest countries in Africa, the Human Development Index for the country is 0.343, which puts it 179th out of those 187 countries with data. Senior U.N. officials warned this month that Central African Republic was on the brink of collapse and the crisis was threatening to spread beyond its borders, calling for the Security Council to fund and support an African Union peacekeeping force. With 1.6 million people in dire need of assistance, including food and health care, C.A.R. is rapidly becoming a ''failed state.''
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June 6, 2013 - Bengambe Village, Central African Republic - Humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF - Medecins Sans Frontires) mobile clinic in Central African Republic treats people with malaria.
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June 6, 2013 - Bengambe Village, Central African Republic - A boy lies on a bed and rests after being treated by the MSF mobile clinic.
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June 6, 2013 - Batangafo, Central African Republic - An HIV AIDS patient is wrapped in aluminum foil to keep warm in hospital in Central African Republic.
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June 6, 2013 - Batangafo, Central African Republic - Rebels looted and burned houses during a coup d'etat and the people fled into the bush.
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June 6, 2013 - Bengambe Village, Central African Republic - A no guns sticker is displayed on the vehicle of a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) mobile clinic in Central African Republic.
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June 6, 2013 - Batangafo, Central African Republic - A malnourished child is held while waiting at a MSF hospital.
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June 6, 2013 - Bengambe Village, Central African Republic - Women wait in long lines to be treated for malaria at a MSF mobile clinic.
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June 6, 2013 - Bossangoa, Central African Republic - Rebels looted Bossangoa hospital during a coup d'etat.
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June 6, 2013 - Bossangoa, Central African Republic - Women work at a pharmacy at the MSF OCA hospital.
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June 6, 2013 - Batangafo, Central African Republic - A worker sorts drugs at a pharmacy at the MSF Spain hospital.
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June 6, 2013 - Batangafo, Central African Republic - Sick patients wait in line at a MSF hospital.
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