Ever since winning independence from France in 1960, this impoverished and landlocked country of 4m-odd people has suffered repeated coups and civil strife.

• 1960年，中非共和国从法国的殖民统治之下赢得了独立自由，而从此这个拥有四百多万人口的贫困内陆国就饱受了反复的政变与内战的折磨。