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Central Africa Republic religious hatred was underestimated: France |
2014-01-17 |
[Rooters] - The level of hatred in Central African Republic between Muslims and Christians has been Afri Speaking at a U.N. event about early warning signs for mass atrocities, Gerard Araud suggested the United Nations consider turning to psychologists or ethnologists to help understand and combat the deadly resentment because religious leaders' calls for calm were being ignored. "Warning signs" found in following para. Waves of massacres and reprisals by Muslim and Christian militias have killed hundreds, if not thousands, in Central African Republic since rebels seized power in March 2012, waking the world up to the fact that it might be witnessing the prelude to another Rwanda, where 800,000 were hacked, shot or clubbed to death in 100 days in 1994. France last year hurriedly deployed roughly 1,600 French troops to help a Only death is easy in Africa. "In Central African Republic I think we had maybe "It's nearly an impossible situation for the soldiers, the African and the French soldiers," he said. "We have to think in terms of tactics, what to do, in very practical terms to be effective to prevent people from killing each other when they desperately want to kill each other." Do not interfere unless you plan to colonize, civilize, and stridently enforce the rule of law. A Muslim rebel coalition, Seleka, seized power in Central African Republic last spring, unleashing a wave of killings and looting that in turn sparked revenge attacks by the "anti-balaka" Christian militia. "We knew that there was Ethnologists you say ? The crisis has sent food prices soaring, leaving many households down to one meal a day and 2.6 million people in need of U.N. humanitarian assistance, the U.N. World Food Program said on Tuesday. U.N. WFP, ......SNAP on a global level. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to submit a report to the Security Council next month with recommendations for a possible U.N. peacekeeping force that would take over from the African troops. A strongly worded report forthcoming. Diplomats say they expect Ban will eventually recommend deploying a U.N. blue-helmet force to Central African Republic with a robust mandate to protect civilians. |
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