UNICEF: Children Brutalized in CAR

UNICEF says children are being brutalized in Central African Republic. It says at least 16 children have been killed since early December, including two beheadings. Children in CAR have been both targeted and caught in the crossfire since the eruption of communal violence. Former Seleka rebels, who are Muslim, are battling Christian self-defense groups known as Anti-Balaka. But Jean Lokenga, UNICEF’s Chief of Child Protection in the country, said that kids have been vulnerable for...

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