According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) mini Summit on the political and security situation in CAR was "convened by the President of Angola" in his capacity as Chairperson of the ICGLR.

 
The conflict in the CAR has seen Rwanda and Russia deploy troops - at the request of the government in Bangui - to help prevent a coalition of rebels and mercenaries from neighbouring countries from inflaming tensions in the troubled nation.

 
Kigali deployed "force protection troops" - trained to conduct special operations - to the country on December 20, 2020, under a bilateral agreement on defence.

 
Reports indicate that CAR's neighbours Chad and Sudan, are hideouts of radicals that infiltrate CAR's borders and commit numerous acts of violence, adding to the atrocities already committed by the coalition of armed groups led by former President François Bozizé.