Persistence of the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR): understanding in order to act�, eminent security researchers identify the types of crises, the actors and their contribution to the recurrent cycles of violence. They describe the CAR as a failed and very fragile state because access to power has been through coup d�états (5 since 1965) mutinies, rebellions, limited democracy and the absence of the rule of law. Persistent crises have earned the CAR the nickname �land of peace keepers� because she has had 13 peace keeping missions since 1979. Yet the CAR remains a theatre of conflicts that are fueled by the economic, geopolitical or geostrategic interests of internal actors, foreign countries and international organizations.