In a striking statement, the Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Félix Moloua, issued a mea culpa regarding the security and humanitarian situation in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture. This region, located in the east of the country, has been the scene of recurring armed violence and chronic humanitarian distress for several years. By acknowledging that the populations of this locality have been left behind, the head of government is directly responding to virulent criticism aimed at the executive branch regarding its inability to guarantee the protection of civilians outside the capital, Bangui. The insecurity in Haut-Mbomou, fueled by the persistent presence of armed groups, has long been at the heart of the concerns of observers and local associations, which regularly denounce the isolation of these provinces in the face of violence. While this mea culpa from Félix Moloua marks an apparent willingness to admit the failures of the central government after ten years of management, the concrete scope of this recognition remains to be seen. The central question remains as to what structural measures will be deployed to transform this statement into a reinforced security and humanitarian presence on the ground. Uncertainty still hangs over the state's real capacity to durably reverse the trend in an area where government authority is challenged daily by non-state actors.