African Union: Concrete action urgently needed to halt atrocities in Central African Republic

Headline Title: African Union: Concrete action urgently needed in Central African Republic 12 December 2013 The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council must act urgently and clarify its plans to deploy the new African-led peacekeeping mission to tackle the spiralling human rights and humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic, Amnesty International said today. A week has passed since the UN Security Council unanimously authorized the transition of an existing central African states force on the ground to protect civilians into a one-year African-led peacekeeping mission…

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