PRISM Alerts · Central African Republic · Alert 4
Central African Republic Conflict displacement worsening 13 October 2026

Central African Republic: 35,154 conflict-driven internal displacements between 2026-08-01 and 2026-08-31 (IDMC IDU)

Conflict-driven internal displacements per month (people)

According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, between 1 August and 31 August 2026 there were 35,154 conflict-driven internal displacements recorded in the Central African Republic across 3 events, counting one figure per event. This figure is above 20,378, the 90th percentile of the country's own monthly record over the previous 16 months. The recorded events include communal violence in Ouham-Fafa on 24 August 2026, for which OCHA reported 2,698 displacements, and a countrywide event with figures dated 31 August 2026 sourced from CMP - CAR.

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How this fired

RuleDisplacement in a month against the country's own record
Period2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31
Displacement in the month35,154
Events in the month3
Months of history compared16
90th percentile of that history20,378
Judged againstan absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 20,378. Fired on: history_percentile.
Detected13 October 2026, run 19

Evidence

IDMC Internal Displacement Updates, deduplicated to one figure per event Country page All alerts for Central African Republic JSON
key displacement_window:CAF:conflict:2026-08