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| June 24, 2008 |
CAR: more violent and complex than ever before
Although the third of the four CAR rebel groups has today signed a peace agreement with the CAR government, and the army and Presidential Guard have stopped burning whole villages to the ground, there is no relief from the violence for the people. Armed bandits have proliferated and they come from as far away as Nigeria and Niger, as well as from neighboring Chad and Sudan. The Chadian army is one of the culprits. They attack villages, stealing possessions and cattle. They rape and kidnap children for ransom and women for sex,. Banditry is now the main source of human suffering in the north.Schools have been abandoned and health posts looted; displaced people have no access to safe drinking water. Dirty water has caused widespread respiratory infections, diarrhea and malaria.