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Over 200,000 displaced by C. Africa unrest: UN
GENEVA, Jan 29, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – More than 200,000 people have been
displaced by election-based violence in the Central African Republic, the
United Nations said Friday, with 100,000 internally displaced and similar
numbers having fled across borders.
“Insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has displaced more than
200,000 people within the country and in neighbouring states in less than two
months,” a spokesman for the UN refugee agency told reporters in Geneva,
warning: “Tens of thousands are facing dire conditions.”
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