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C.A.R. Muslim civilians said to be at risk

Feb 07, 2014, 6:44 AM EST
SELEKA rebels integrated into the Central African army patrol in the streets of Bangui, on September 11, 2013.
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Muslim communities in many towns in the Central African Republic are threatened from reprisal attacks on civilians, a medical charity has warned. Medecins Sans Frontieres said violence has reached intolerable and unprecedented levels. Many thousands of the minority Muslim population have already fled to Chad or Cameroon. CAR, one of Africa's poorest nations, descended into religious violence after Muslim rebels seized power last March.
Background:
Central African Republic's Muslim civilians 'at risk' [BBC]
Troops’ brutal lynching casts hope aside for Central African Republic [WP]

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