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Archive for May 23rd, 2008

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Armed bandits force tens of thousands of Central Africans to flee homes

Posted by warvictims on May 23, 2008

Armed bandits force tens of thousands of Central Africans to flee homes
UN

23 May 2008 –A surge since the start of the year in the number of attacks by armed bandits across the north of the Central African Republic (CAR) is forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and has brought economic activity to a standstill in large parts of the already impoverished and strife-torn country, the United Nations relief wing reports today. Read the rest of this entry »

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