>>>> this week, , "global 30000" heads s to mico, w whe customama automobiles are being transformed into vehicles of the future. will that improve life for the smog-ridden city's 9 million resident a babasic income trial in finld is being followed with great interest around the world. how's it going? but first, we head to the central african republic, a land in ruins and rarely heard about. our reporter brings us up to date. from the late 19th century until 1960, the central african republic was a french colony. then it declared independence. but instead of a democratic government being installed, the country was run by a series of corrupt popoliticians andd autocrcrats, includingng the noriouous emperor r bokassa i. since e then, there hahave bea series of military putsches. the last coup was in 2013. for decades, numerous warlords and rebel groups -- among them christians and muslims -- have fought over the country's commodities, fertile meadowlands, gold, and diamonds. thousands of people have been killed, while others have fled to neighbouring countries like chad, cameroon, and the d