REFLEXIVE PEACE PRACTICE (RPP) TAFAKARI

This week combined electoral, military-disciplinary, and diplomatic developments rather than any new confirmed armed clash. The National Elections Authority confirmed on 16 September that the residual general and local elections, already suspended on 9 September, are now rescheduled to 25 October. On 18 September, President Touadéra signed decrees demoting three FACA officers for serious disciplinary breaches, including troop abandonment during an operation. On 15 September, the national school year officially reopened, with particular attention on Lycée Barthélémy Boganda in Bangui returning to class for the first time since the fatal transformer explosion of 25 June 2026. President Touadéra departed Bangui on 19 September for the UN General Assembly in New York. No new armed clash inside CAR was independently confirmed this week. The rating remains "Critical" because of ongoing electoral uncertainty and unresolved military discipline concerns, though nothing this week matched the severity of the Zamboye mine disaster recorded in mid-August.