Is the Central African Republic (CAR) any closer to peace?

Published: May 22, 2023, 1 a.m.

\u201cThey insulted me: \u2018you\u2019re having another boy! When they grow up they become Seleka!\u2019. When I took him for a consultation, I preferred to put a scarf on him and disguise him as a girl. They didn't want to see boys. If they saw them, they threatened to kill them.\u201d

In March 2013, the mostly Muslim, anti-government Seleka forces descended on Bangui, the capital of CAR, and overthrew the government of President Fran\xe7ois Boziz\xe9 - killing civilians and looting everything they could lay their hands on.

Later, anti-Balaka Christian forces targeted the Muslim population in revenge attacks - and the UN warned of the ethnic cleansing of Bangui.

We hear a range of eye-witness accounts of what happened ten years ago \u2013 and discuss whether the country is any closer to peace and security.

Presenter: Alan Kasujja @kasujja\nGuests: Samual Murunga and Narcisse Donossio\n \nTranslated voices courtesy of M\xe9decins Sans Fronti\xe8res' CAR 10 years of violence project.