Central Africa: UN and relief agencies condemn renewed violence against civilians
“Under international humanitarian law, I call for the respect of obligations incumbent on all parties to protect all civilians in CAR and to preserve health facilities, enabling injured people, other patients and health workers to have free and safe access to these facilities” Vandenberghe said in a press release.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on 26 September, violent clashes erupted in Bangui after the death of a young Muslim taxi motorcyclist.
The incident left over a dozen people dead and several others injure.
Thousands of people have fled the areas with heightened tension to seek refuge, mostly with host families and in displacement sites. Many houses were burned or looted.
Extremely concerned about the high number of victims, damaged houses and the new wave of displacement, Vandenberghe said the situation represents a big step backwards on the return plan set-up by the Humanitarian Country
Team for internally displaced persons. “I would like to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to wish a speedy recovery to the injured people.”
Bangui still has 30 sites which host some 27,300 displaced people before the incidents happened.
Over the past few years, the country experienced a major political crisis which continues to affect almost the entire population. About 2.7 million people, over half of the population, are in dire need of assistance.
Photo: UN Photo/Catianne Tijerina
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
