SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONFLICT IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.

PeaceTech Lab’s Central African Republic (CAR) Hate Speech Lexicon developed in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Association, Jeunesse En Marche Pour Le Développement En Centrafrique (AJEMADEC) captures  hateful speech amidst profound social and political upheavals in the country. This lexicon aims to serve as an initial guide to specific words and phrases identified by the surveyed population (during the period of October 2020 to March 2021) as particularly inflammatory or having inflammatory potential in CAR.

We hope this lexicon will inform individuals and organizations involved in monitoring and combating hateful language in the Central African Republic and contribute to the overall body of knowledge on this issue and inform other efforts around the globe.