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muriel_volestrangler

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Mon Jan 27, 2014, 02:30 PM Jan 2014

Central African Republic crisis getting even worse - UN [View all]

The security situation in the Central African Republic is getting even worse despite the inauguration of a new leader, the UN human rights chief says.

"Muslim civilians are now extremely vulnerable," said Navi Pillay.
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"This is not a religious crisis; it's a military-political crisis," Mr Layama told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

"We need help for the population, because all our infrastructure is gone, shattered. There is no education, no health care, no medicine," he said before meeting the British prime minister.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25919115
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