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Rebels besiege the capital of the Central African Republic: "Apocalyptic situation"
Rebel groups in Africa's poorest country are besieging the capital, Bangi, in an attempt to oust the president-elect, fighting the UN-Russia-Rwandan-backed government. According to the Refugee Commission, fighting is holding back humanitarian aid and refugees are forced to trade in sex for food.
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"The situation is apocalyptic."
UN soldiers in Bangi (Photo: GettyImages)
Rebel groups in the Central African Republic are besieging the capital Benghazi, former Prime Minister Martin Zigla said today (Sunday).
The rebels are trying to undermine the re-election of President Faustine-Arknz 'Toadrh December and oust him from office, and struggling against the forces of security of government supported by troops from the United Nations, Russia and Rwanda.
Siegel said that the battles take place across the country on a daily basis. "I can not leave The Bengi without the close security of armed army forces, "he said." Then imagine the rest of the population.
Add to that the closure and the state of emergency - this is truly an apocalyptic
state. "
A state of emergency was declared in the capital earlier this month.
The former prime minister welcomed the UN's request to bring more peacekeepers to the 12,000 currently in the country, but clarified that Shai was holding talks between the warring parties urgently. "Military escalation is not the only solution to the security, economic and humanitarian crisis threatening one of the underdeveloped countries. Most in the world for coma. "
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The Central African Republic is one of the most unstable and poor countries in Africa, although it is rich in natural resources like diamonds and uranium.
The UN estimates that about half of the country's population relies on humanitarian aid.
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, some 92,000 civilians have fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and more than 13,000 have crossed the border into Cameroon, Chad and Congo.
The rest are in temporary camps throughout the Central African Republic.
A spokesman for the commission told reporters in Geneva that rebel attacks had prevented the arrival of humanitarian aid to Bangai, and that many were now facing "appalling conditions".
According to him, diseases are spreading rapidly and those who have been forced to leave their homes are trafficking in sex for food.
At the same time, a 12-state regional body called for a ceasefire and rebel withdrawal for fear of the crisis spreading to the territories of the states of the Great Lakes region.
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