Hello
everyone!
We’re in
the Central African Republic this week! Our trip between countries wasn’t that
long because the Central African Republic is situated right next to Chad, like
you can see on the map. One of the official languages here is French, so it was
easy for us to communicate with the inhabitants of this country. Today I’m
going to tell you something more about the politics of this country.
CAR is a republic and has a president. The president is François Bozizé.
He became president in May 2005. Before he became president he was the Chief of
Staff of the armed forces. At first he became president after a coup against
the former president in 2003. But two years later they held an election and François
Bozizé was elected president by the people of CAR.
Our guide knew a lot about the politics of the country. I asked him if
he could tell me something about it. He told us that the country is divided
into 16 prefectures for administrative purposes. Those 16 prefectures are
further divided into 60 sub prefectures. The president appoints heads of these
administrative units. I was stunned about that amount. In my opinion, the
political system is even more confusing than in Belgium!
The currency here is the same as in
Chad, which was very convenient because we didn’t have to exchange our money.
The money is used in six independent states in Central Africa. And we’re in
luck because we can also use our money in our next country. The money is called
CFA, which stands for Coopération financière en Afrique centrale. The coins
look a bit like our euros in my opinion.
That was it
for today. I hope you’ve learned a bit more about the politics of this country!
I will be back next week to tell you something more about the culture of
Tanzania. Unfortunately, Tanzania is our next to last country and the last
country I will write about. But no worries, Roselinde, Julie and Melisa will
tell you something more about our last country! So don’t forget to read it!
Talk to you
soon!
Xoxo Anou
Sources:
Our guide knew a lot about the politics of the country. I asked him if
he could tell me something about it. He told us that the country is divided
into 16 prefectures for administrative purposes. Those 16 prefectures are
further divided into 60 sub prefectures. The president appoints heads of these
administrative units. I was stunned about that amount. In my opinion, the
political system is even more confusing than in Belgium! 
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