Central African Republic: Ethnic cleansing and sectarian killings

Headline Title: Central African Republic: Ethnic cleansing and sectarian killings 12 February 2014 International peacekeepers have failed to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Muslim civilians in the western part of the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said in a report issued today. To protect the country’s remaining Muslim communities, international peacekeeping forces must break the control of anti-balaka militias and station sufficient troops in towns where Muslims are threatened. “Anti-balaka militias are carrying out violent attacks in an effort to ethnically cleanse…

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