Relief arrives in Central African Republic
- 11 years ago
Relief arrives in Central African Republic.
This is welcome news for some of the 100,000 people displaced by the conflict now living at a makeshift refugee camp at the airport.
Most have been there for more than a month after inter-religious violence killed about 1,000 people and displaced close to a fifth of the country's population.
The country itself has been in turmoil since last march when mostly Muslim Seleka rebels overthrew the government.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) UNIDENTIFIED DISPLACED MAN, SAYING:
"It's easy to bring back peace. All we need to do is disarm the Seleka, disarm the anti-Balaka and peace will come back, we can meet around a table to discuss the problems of this country, and that will help us."
Doctors without Borders has also returned to the camp after a week of reduced staffing following outbreaks of violence in the camp.
A vaccination program has been launched after three children had measles.
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This is welcome news for some of the 100,000 people displaced by the conflict now living at a makeshift refugee camp at the airport.
Most have been there for more than a month after inter-religious violence killed about 1,000 people and displaced close to a fifth of the country's population.
The country itself has been in turmoil since last march when mostly Muslim Seleka rebels overthrew the government.
(SOUNDBITE) (French) UNIDENTIFIED DISPLACED MAN, SAYING:
"It's easy to bring back peace. All we need to do is disarm the Seleka, disarm the anti-Balaka and peace will come back, we can meet around a table to discuss the problems of this country, and that will help us."
Doctors without Borders has also returned to the camp after a week of reduced staffing following outbreaks of violence in the camp.
A vaccination program has been launched after three children had measles.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) MS