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Momodou
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 Posted - 10 Jan 2014 : 21:00:57
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CAR interim President Michel Djotodia resigns
BBC: 10 January 2014
 Central African Republic's interim President Michel Djotodia has resigned at a regional summit aimed at ending violence that has engulfed the country.
PM Nicolas Tiengaye also resigned at the meeting in Chad.
Thousands of people took to the streets in CAR's capital, Bangui, most of them celebrating the news.
Mr Djotodia, CAR's first Muslim leader, seized power last year. Since then 20% of the population have fled fighting between Christian and Muslim militias.
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kobo
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kobo
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kobo
United Kingdom
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 A convoy of 10,000 Muslims left Bangui to Chad (video)
1. Scenes of ‘absolute terror’ amid Muslim exodus from Bangui
Source: France 24 News 07 February 2014
Some 10,000 Muslims fled for their lives from the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Friday, climbing aboard trucks guarded by heavily armed Chadian forces amid scenes of “absolute terror”
The convoy included at least 10,000 people, he told FRANCE 24, adding that “the entire Muslim population of Mbaiki”, a town 100 kilometres south of Bangui, was heading for Chad.....
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2. Muslims Flee Central African Republic's Capital
Source: ABC News 10 January 2014
Thousands of Muslims climbed aboard trucks protected by heavily armed Chadian soldiers in a mass exodus Friday from the capital of Central African Republic. Their flight follows months of escalating attacks on anyone perceived as supporting a now-defunct Muslim rebel government blamed for scores of atrocities during its rule of this predominantly Christian country.
In The Hague, Netherlands, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced a preliminary investigation into potential war crimes or crimes against humanity in Central African Republic, saying the crisis has "gone from bad to worse" since September.
Along the streets of Bangui, crowds of Christians gathered to cheer the convoy's departure for the neighboring country of Chad, which is mostly Muslim. It was an acrid farewell to their Muslim neighbors who had in some cases lived alongside Christians for generations here and have few ties to Chad....
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3. Bangui calm again after Chad peacekeepers killed by Christian militia in Central African Republic
Source: Yahoo News 07 February 2014
French peacekeepers have helped restore calm to parts of the Central African Republic’s capital on Thursday after a day of chaos. Heavy fighting on Wednesday claimed the lives of six soldiers from Chad who were part of the African Union mission. They had been attacked by largely Christian “anti-balaka” militia who accuse the Chadian forces of supporting mostly Muslim Seleka rebels, something Chad strongly denies.......
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4. Man lynched in Central African Republic, court plans probe
Source: Reuters News 07 Fenruary 2014
(Reuters) - An angry crowd killed and mutilated a man who fell from a truck filled with Muslims fleeing the capital of Central African Republic on Friday, witnesses said, while an international court said it would probe alleged crimes committed there.
The attack was the second incident of a public, daylight lynching this week as inter-communal violence rages between the country's majority Christian population and the mostly Muslim Seleka, whose ten-month rule ended in January.
One man toppled from the convoy and was killed by a crowd, with his hands and genitals cut off, Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch emergencies coordinator, told Reuters......
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CAR interim President Michel Djotodia resigns
