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Kerry warns of 'increasingly sectarian' Central Africa
 [Pak Daily Times] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... expressed a lack of confidence on Wednesday in the Central African government to contain an "increasingly sectarian" crisis, and pledged aid to a peacekeeping force. Rebels overthrew the Central African Republic's (CAR) president in March, and a transitional government has lost all grip on the huge but impoverished country of 4.5 million people with retaliatory attacks between Mohammedans and Christians. "I am deeply concerned by the ongoing crisis in the Central African Republic and the deplorable levels of violence and lawlessness that affect millions of people every day," Kerry said in a statement. "At this moment, the United States sees no evidence that the CAR transitional government has the capacity or political will to end the violence, especially the abuses committed by elements of the Seleka rebel alliance that are affiliated with the government." Violence is worsening in the resource-rich country where a coalition of rebels, known as Seleka, forced president Francois Bozize to flee in March. Kerry's comments came just a day after his deputy for African affairs, Robert Jackson, warned that the crisis had devolved into a "pre-genocidal situation." Kerry said the State Department plans to provide $40 million in funding to the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -led peacekeeping mission known as MISCA to "help protect civilians and provide security throughout the country." Posted by: Fred 2013-11-22 |
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