UN Says Almost All Muslims Have Fled CAR Capital

The United Nation's humanitarian chief says almost the entire Muslim population of the capital of the Central African Republic has fled after a campaign of violence by largely Christian militias. U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos says about 900 Muslims remain in Bangui. That is less than one percent of the original population of more than 100,000. Amos said Friday in Geneva that the demography of the CAR is changing. Other cities in the western part of the country have...

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