The French soldiers deployed to Bangui to begin a delicate mission today: the disarmament of militias Christian as Muslim.
“First you ask nicely and then they do not respond, it is done by force. This is a movement that will last long,” said Jean-Yves Le Drian during the Grand Jury RTL-LCI- Le Figaro, adding that some of these armed groups began to melt into the population, creating ”confusion”.
Background: Lay, CAR is populated to 80% Christian and 10% Muslim.
Since the coup in March 2012, the rebel Seleka, mostly Muslims, regularly clash with self-defense militias baptized Christian “anti-Balaka”, which means “anti-machete.”
Since early November, the international community fears genocide as religious tensions are high.
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Central Africa: The Fear of Genocide
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