Hi All,

I've been looking into it further, and wrote a blog post about it: https://politicsbutnotboring.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/israels-unlikely-friend/

TL;DR Israel and the Arab World were competing for influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. C.A.R. and Israel formed a good friendship on the grounds of diamonds for military assistance that unofficially lasts to this day.

There are all kinds of countries on that list