Murder, rape, attacks on children, displacement on a massive scale. A new United Nations report submitted to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council accuses both sides in the conflict in Central African Republic (CAR) – Seleka and the anti-balaka militia – of committing crimes against humanity. The report which was seen on Thursday (05.06.2014) by news agency AFP says there is “ample evidence” of this. The UN commission of enquiry which has been investigating since January this year said, however, it was too early to speak of genocide or ethnic cleansing.
More than a year after the outbreak of violence in Central African Republic, the country remains tense. The political battle for power as well as the fighting between different groups within the population for the country’s scarce resources has escalated into a religious conflict between Christians and Muslims. In April 2014 the UN Security Council voted to send a 12,000-strong peace mission to the country but this will probably not begin before September…
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