Most are Christian - somebody gave an article that says the country is 80% Christian - but nine months ago the Muslims in the north were joined by foreign Islamists to effect a coup against the Christian president who had been in office about ten years. So right now there is a Muslim president but he claims to have no control over the Islamist thugs he unified in order to oust the old president. Meanwhile the Christians have formed militias to protect themselves and are hoping that France and the UN will stop these Islamist terrorists from terrorizing the country. The Christians want things to go back to normal. The Muslim president says he wants things to go back to peaceful but can’t control the people who put him in power. He’s told the nation’s soldiers to stay in their barracks and let the French re-establish the rule of law there.
Thanks for your post. It’s a good summary of the situation there right now.