US Official Visits CAR, Calls for Violent Groups to Disarm

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is in the Central African Republic to discuss the country's ongoing violence with government officials and civil society leaders. Power arrived in the capital, Bangui, on Thursday for a one-day visit. She told reporters during a stop in Nigeria that disarming the groups behind the fighting is critical to stabilizing the country. "The violence has been vicious, it has been directed almost entirely against civilians, and it...

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