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

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

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\\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.

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