Is there a news block on the violence in the Central African Republic?

The mysterious lack of coverage is quite conspicuous in the American press, particularly when you see stories of less significance constantly regurgitated within the last 48-hours without mention of the violence going on in the Central African Republic since Thursday, December 6th. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25273681 Although hundreds of CAR Africans have been killed in recent violence, little mention has hit...