A letter was sent to CAR's four phone mobile operators ordering them to suspend their SMS texting service until further notice - Orange, Moov, Telecel and Azur are the main mobile phone providers in CAR
Mobile phone users in CAR now get a message in French saying "SMS not allowed".
The move is aimed at helping to restore security after more than a year of deadly ethnic and religious violence.
The ban comes after days of violent demonstrations in the capital, Bangui, and a mass text campaign calling for a general strike.
The protesters want the transitional government that came to power in January to resign.
The CAR conflict began last year as mainly Muslim Seleka rebels, led by Michel Djotodia, seized power in the majority Christian country.
Michel Djotodia resigned as president in January under diplomatic pressure, but a interim government and French and African peacekeepers have failed to stop the violence between Christian and Muslim militia groups.
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