Record Surge in Displacement as Violence in CAR Escalates

The U.N. refugee agency reports escalating violence in the Central African Republic has pushed forcible displacement - mostly of women and children - inside and outside the country to record high levels. The fiercest fighting and greatest displacement is taking place in the Central African Republic’s northwest region. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in that country reports clashes between two armed groups have forced about 65,000 people, mainly women and children, to flee to the city of...

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