<center>FLIGHT FROM RAGE:<br>Conflict in the Central African Republic</center>

Muslims fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic climb into trucks bound for neighboring Cameroon. A convoy originating in the capital, Bangui, took two days to complete the journey west, occasionally contending with threats from militia members targeting Muslims.

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Times staff writer Alexandra Zavis and photojournalist Rick Loomis followed a convoy of Muslim refugees on a harrowing 400-mile journey from the Central African Republic to safety in Cameroon. The first in a series of stories about what they witnessed will be published Sunday at latimes.com/centralafrica.

Muslims fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic climb into trucks bound for neighboring Cameroon. A convoy originating in the capital, Bangui, took two days to complete the journey west, occasionally contending with threats from militia members targeting Muslims.

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Muslims fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic climb into trucks bound for neighboring Cameroon. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)