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U.N. says almost all Muslims have fled Central African capital
Source: Reuters
U.N. says almost all Muslims have fled Central African capital
BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
GENEVA Fri Mar 7, 2014 1:18pm EST
(Reuters) - Fewer than 1,000 remain of more than 100,000 Muslims who once lived in the capital of the Central African Republic, after a campaign of violence by Christian militias, the U.N. aid chief said on Friday.
With 650,000 people displaced by the religious conflict, Valerie Amos said the United Nations had received much less than a fifth of the $551 million it asked for in December to provide food, medical care and shelter.
"The demography of CAR is changing, from a situation where you had 130,000 to 145,000 Muslims in Bangui, to where you had around 10,000 in December," Amos told a news conference.
"That number we think has now gone down to 900. So we have to act very rapidly."
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BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
GENEVA Fri Mar 7, 2014 1:18pm EST
(Reuters) - Fewer than 1,000 remain of more than 100,000 Muslims who once lived in the capital of the Central African Republic, after a campaign of violence by Christian militias, the U.N. aid chief said on Friday.
With 650,000 people displaced by the religious conflict, Valerie Amos said the United Nations had received much less than a fifth of the $551 million it asked for in December to provide food, medical care and shelter.
"The demography of CAR is changing, from a situation where you had 130,000 to 145,000 Muslims in Bangui, to where you had around 10,000 in December," Amos told a news conference.
"That number we think has now gone down to 900. So we have to act very rapidly."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/07/us-centralafrican-un-idUSBREA261FL20140307
