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UN warns of Genocide in Central Africa Republic

288578433279e48ec5ccc42d337d4a32_LThe United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned of genocide in the violence-hit Central African Republic.

According to Press TV, John Ging, director of the operation division for OCHA, said on Thursday that the violence “has all the elements that we have seen elsewhere in places like Rwanda and Bosnia. The elements are there for a genocide;, there is no question about that”.
He told reporters in Geneva, after a five-day visit to the African country “Atrocities are being committed on an ongoing basis, and fear is consuming the minds of an entire population, wherever you might go”.
Ging called on the international community to act quickly and dissipate the fear of genocide in the CAR, pointing out that “this is still a situation that can be turned around.”
The UN official called for an increase in humanitarian aid for the impoverished nation, saying OCHA has only received six percent of the 247 million dollars it asked for Central Africa in mid-December 2013.
The Central African Republic spiraled into chaos in March 2013 when Seleka fighters unseated President Francois Bozizé and brought Michel Djotodia to power. Bozizé fled the country after his ouster.
On January 10, both Djotodia and Prime Minister Nicolas Tiengaye resigned after coming under intense pressure over the government’s failure to stem the deadly violence.
France invaded its former colony on December 5, 2013, after the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution giving the African Union and France the go-ahead to send troops to the country.
Paris claims the aim of the mission is to restore stability in its former colony in order to allow humanitarian aid to reach the violence-hit areas.

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