CAR PM Calls for Aid, Foreign Troops

The interim prime minister of the Central African Republic said stabilizing his violence-plagued country will require foreign financial aid in addition to the deployment of international troops. In an interview with the French news agency published Monday, Nicolas Tiangaye said the C.A.R.'s economy has been "paralyzed" by a crisis that began in March, when rebels overthrew the president of the impoverished nation. The coup led to the formation of a weak interim government...

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