The hospital at the center of a Muslim-Christian war in Africa
Men pray in a mosque in PK-5. (William Daniels/For The Washington Post)

Patients at Hôpital Général in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Dec. 3. (William Daniels/For The Washington Post)

By Kevin Sieff-December 19

BANGUI, Central African Republic —When he awoke after the surgery, the bullets had been removed from his legs, and Saddam Abdul Rahman was lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by men from the other side of the war.

The Hospital at the Center of a Muslim-Christian War in Africa by Thavam Ratna