UN officials warn of CAR 'genocide' risk

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The Central African Republic (CAR) is at risk of spiraling into genocide as armed groups incite Christians and Muslims against each other in the virtually lawless country, senior UN officials have told the Security Council.

The landlocked nation of 4.6 million people has slipped into chaos since northern Seleka rebels seized the capital, Bangui, and ousted President Francois Bozize in March this year.
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"More and more you have inter-sectarian violence because the Seleka targeted the churches and the Christians, so now the Christians have created self-defense militias and they are retaliating against the Muslims," said French UN Ambassador Gerard Araud after a briefing by UN rights and aid officials.
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"My feeling is that this will end with Christian communities, Muslim communities killing each other which means that if we don't act now and decisively I will not exclude the possibility of a genocide occurring," he (Adama Dieng, UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide) said, describing the current situation as "total chaos".

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/11/un-officials-warn-car-genocide-risk-2013111224646853367.html

Inside Central African Republic town where Christians fled

The BBC's Laeila Adjovi reports from the northern town of Bossangoa, where many Christians have fled their homes to seek sanctuary in a Catholic mission.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24796875