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U.N. peacekeepers arrest Central African Republic militia leader
Source: Reuters
U.N. peacekeepers arrest Central African Republic militia leader
BY CRISPIN DEMBASSA-KETTE
BANGUI Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:03pm EST
(Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic have arrested a senior leader of the anti-balaka militia, wanted for crimes including murder, rebellion, rape and looting, the country's senior prosecutor said on Sunday.
Rodrigue Ngaibona, known as Andilo, was detained in Bouca, around 300 km (195 miles) north of the capital Bangui on Saturday.
Central African Republic was plunged into chaos when the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the majority Christian country in 2013. Abuses under their brief rule spawned a backlash from the Christian and animist anti-balaka.
A U.N. commission of inquiry, in a report published this month, found that the anti-balaka had committed ethnic cleansing in their attacks on the Muslim minority. Nearly the entire Muslim population living in the south fled the violence.
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BY CRISPIN DEMBASSA-KETTE
BANGUI Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:03pm EST
(Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic have arrested a senior leader of the anti-balaka militia, wanted for crimes including murder, rebellion, rape and looting, the country's senior prosecutor said on Sunday.
Rodrigue Ngaibona, known as Andilo, was detained in Bouca, around 300 km (195 miles) north of the capital Bangui on Saturday.
Central African Republic was plunged into chaos when the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the majority Christian country in 2013. Abuses under their brief rule spawned a backlash from the Christian and animist anti-balaka.
A U.N. commission of inquiry, in a report published this month, found that the anti-balaka had committed ethnic cleansing in their attacks on the Muslim minority. Nearly the entire Muslim population living in the south fled the violence.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/18/us-centralafrica-militia-arrest-idUSKBN0KR0Y820150118
