Under the Gun - violence and displacement in Central African Republic
Jun 10th, 2009 by Kersten Jauer, HDPT CAR
(UN/IRIN) The Central African Republic (CAR) has been in the throes of a humanitarian crisis for more than a decade. Army mutinies, coups and attempted coups, rebellions, gangs that kidnap for ransom and, more recently, elements of Uganda’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army have made life for civilians, especially in the north, extremely challenging, unpredictable, and very dangerous.
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