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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Latest CAR clashes leave 13 people dead |
| 2017-08-21 |
| [Al Jazeera] Thirteen people have been killed in a town in Central African Republic, a local doctor said on Sunday, as the toll from sectarian violence that has sparked fears of genocide continued to rise. The festivities took place in Bria, in the centre of the country 450 kilometres from the capital Bangui, between a majority Moslem rebel group and a predominantly Christian gang called the anti-Balaka. "Thirteen bodies were found on Saturday after violent fighting between self-defence forces and parts of Abdoulaye Hissene's FPRC," Michel Ambapo told AFP news agency, referring respectively to the anti-Balaka and a faction of the rebel coalition known as the Seleka ...a 'mainly' Moslem rebel force in the Central African Republic that overthrew the govt, imposed a regime of rapine and looting on the country's non-Moslem population, and was then tossed by France. They still exist, getting funding and weapons from somewhere or other, licking their wounds, complaining about the oppression of Moslems, and occasionally raping and looting someone... "At least 20 maimed were admitted to hospital, most of them combatants on both sides and several civilians," the doctor added. |
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