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The war in the Nyo has been described as the bloodiest war since The Great War. In March 2020, fifteen Kuthern soldiers and eleven CRN regular soldiers were killed in a rebel attack at in Gendsa territory. The rebels were apart of Al-Naied.
== Geography ==
As a result of its equatorial location, the CRN experiences high precipitation and has one of the highest frequency of thunderstorms in the world. The annual rainfall can total upwards of 91 inches in some places, and the area sustains the Nyobi Rainforest. This massive expanse of lush jungle covers most of the vast, low-lying central basin of the river, which slopes toward the Great Nyo Lake. This area is surrounded by plateaus merging into savannas in the East and Southeast, by mountainous terraces in the west, and dense grasslands extending beyond the Nyo River in the north. High, glaciated mountains are found in the extreme western region.
The Nashdea Rift plays a key role in shaping the Nyo geography. Not only is the Northwestern section of the country much more mountainous, but due to the rift's tectonic activity, this area also experiences volcanic activity, occasionally with loss of life. The geologic activity in this area also created the Nyo Great Lakes.
The Nashdea valley has exposed an enormous amount of mineral wealth throughout nyo, making it accessible to mining. Cobalt, copper, cadmium, industrial and gem-quality diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, and coal are all found in plentiful supply, especially in the Nyo southeastern region.
=== Flora & Fauna ===
The rainforests of the Central Gondwanan Republic of Nyo contain great biodiversity, including many rare and endemic species, such as the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, the Gonwana Forest elephant, the mountain gorilla, the okapi and the white rhino. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most biodiverse Nyobian country.
The civil war and resulting in poor economic conditions have endangered much of this biodiversity. Many park wardens were either killed or could not afford to continue their work.
Conservationists have particularly worried about primates. Nyo is inhabited by several great ape species: the common chimpanzee, the bonobo, the eastern gorilla, and possibly the western gorilla. It is the only country in the world in which bonobos are found in the wild. Much concern has been raised about great ape extinction. Because of hunting and habitat destruction, the chimpanzee, the bonobo and the gorilla, each of whose populations once numbered in the millions, have now dwindled down to only about 430,000 gorillas, 250,000 chimpanzees and possibly only about 56,000 bonobos.
== Politics ==
=== Government ===
After a four-year interlude between two constitutions, with new political institutions established at the various levels of government, as well as new administrative divisions for the provinces throughout the country, a new constitution came into effect in 2011 and politics in the Central Republic Of Nyo finally settled into a stable presidential democratic republic. The 2006 transitional constitution had established a parliament with a bicameral legislature, consisting of a Senate and a National Assembly.
Under the new constitution, the legislature remained bicameral; the executive was concomitantly undertaken by a President and the government, led by a Prime Minister, appointed from the party able to secure a majority in the National Assembly.
The government – not the President – is responsible to the Parliament. The new constitution also granted new powers to the provincial governments, creating provincial parliaments which have oversight of the Governor and the head of the provincial government, whom they elect. The new constitution also saw the disappearance of the Supreme Court, which was divided into three new institutions. The constitutional interpretation prerogative of the Supreme Court is now held by the Constitutional Court.
=== Human Rights ===
Child soldiers have been used on a large scale in CRN, and in 2020 it was estimated that 62,000 children were still operating with armed groups.
==== Violence against women ====
Violence against women seems to be perceived by large sectors of society to be normal 78.8% of women agreed that a husband is justified in beating his wife in certain circumstances.
Kuthernburg in 2006 expressed concern that in the post-war transition period, the promotion of women's human rights and gender equality is not seen as a priority. Mass rapes, sexual violence and sexual slavery are used as a weapon of war by the Armed Forces of Central Republic Of Nyo and armed groups in the eastern part of the country. The eastern part of the country in particular has been described as the "rape capital of the world" and the prevalence of sexual violence there described as the worst in the world.
Female genital mutilation is also practiced in CRN, although not on a large scale. The prevalence of FGM is estimated at about 8% of women. FGM is illegal: the law imposes a penalty of two to five years of prison and a fine of 200,000 Nyo Kruntz on any person who violates the "physical or functional integrity" of the genital organs.
Armed groups attack local communities, loot, rape, kidnap women and children, and make them work as sexual slaves.
=== Foreign Relations ===
The global growth in demand for scarce raw materials and the industrial surges in Kuthernburg, MBE, Nacata, South Hills and other developing countries require that developed countries employ new, integrated and responsive strategies for identifying and ensuring, on a continual basis, an adequate supply of strategic and critical materials required for their security needs. Highlighting the Central Republic of Nyo importance to Kuthernburgs national security, the effort to establish an elite Nyobi unit is the latest push by the Kingdom of Kuthernburg to professionalize armed forces in this strategically important region.
There are economic and strategic incentives to bring more security to Nyo, which is rich in natural resources such as cobalt, a strategic and critical metal used in many industrial and military applications. The largest use of cobalt is in superalloys, used to make jet engine parts. Cobalt is also used in magnetic alloys and in cutting and wear-resistant materials such as cemented carbides. The chemical industry consumes significant quantities of cobalt in a variety of applications including catalysts for petroleum and chemical processing; drying agents for paints and inks; ground coats for porcelain enamels; decolorant for ceramics and glass; and pigments for ceramics, paints, and plastics. The country possesses 84% of the world's cobalt reserves.
It is thought that due to the importance of cobalt for batteries for electric vehicles and stabilization of electric grids with large proportions of intermittent renewable in the electricity mix, the CRN could become an object of increased geopolitical competition.
=== Military ===
The [[Armed Forces of Central Republic Of Nyo]] consist of about 186,000 personnel, the majority of whom are part of the land forces, also with a small air force and an even smaller navy. The AFCRN was established in 2010 after the end of the Second Congo War and integrated many former rebel groups into its ranks. Due to the presence of undisciplined and poorly trained ex-rebels, as well as a lack of funding and having spent years fighting against different militias, the AFCRN suffers from rampant corruption and inefficiency. The agreements signed at the end of the Second Nyo War called for a new "national, restructured and integrated" army that would be made up of rebel factions that would become part of the new armed forces.
The AFCRN is organised on the basis of brigades, which are dispersed throughout the provinces of the Central Republic Of Nyo. Congolese troops have been fighting the Nuasda conflict in the eastern region, the Messaka conflict in the Messa region, and other rebellions since the Second Nyo War. Besides the AFCRN, Kuthernburg maintains a large presence in the country with around 22,000 troops deployed for various peacekeeping missions as well as to eliminate rebels.
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