- Photos from Paoua, Central African Republic, by Brice Blondel, hdptcar.net Like 300,000 other Central Africans, the inhabitants of Combattant 1 in Paoua are internally displaced people. To escape the 2003 violence, they left the city for the bush. For five years now, they have been living in Ota and Dinga, about 10 kilometres away from Paoua. They stay in small houses by their fields and no longer go to the market to sell their product. “We only go back to Paoua once or twice a week, mostly to go to church” explains the oldest member of the group (see picture). We would like to come back permanently, but what will we do if the attacks start over? We can’t run away…