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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Militants kill UN peacekeeper in Central African Republic |
| 2017-12-05 |
| [PRESSTV] Christian turbans killed a Mauritanian UN peacekeeper in an attack on a camp for displaced people in a Central African Republic diamond-mining town on Monday, the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... mission there said. Fighters armed with AK-47s and makeshift weapons also maimed one Zambian and two Mauritanian peacekeepers during the 90-minute shootout at the police checkpoint in the town of Bria, the UN added. The country has been driven by sectarian conflict since 2013 when 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... rebels ousted President Francois Bozize. That triggered a backlash by Christian anti-balaka fighters. As many as 100 people died in Bria in June during a day of festivities between rival factions. The area is coveted by militia for its surrounding diamond mines. It also hosts tens of thousands of people displaced by the conflict. |
| Posted by:Fred |