How peacekeepers are trying to stop a genocide in the Central African Republic

When Christian militias began murdering their Muslim neighbors in the Central African Republic, a small group of peacekeepers kept the killing at bay.

But the country remains a tinderbox — with half a million refugees — while both sides are still armed and angry. Jeffery Brown speaks with Jon Lee Anderson, whose latest New Yorker feature unpacks how the worst didn’t happen, but still could.