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Veronique and some of her children who spent six months hiding in the pubic hair in Bohong after violence broke out in Central African Republic. Photo: UNICEF/ Logan
Since fighting flared in May inbetween rebels, more than 68,000 people have fled their homes within CAR, while more than 20,000 have sought refuge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), or the UN refugee agency.
Significant rebel activity on towns along the DRC border as well as rumours of possible attacks are pushing people to flee in the Haute Kotto and Mbomou prefectures inwards CAR, he noted.
UNHCR is calling for urgent support to its funding appeal of $209.Two million for the CAR situation, which is only six per cent funded.
For its part, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), or the UN migration agency, has tracked more than Nineteen,000 displaced people in the nation's sub-prefecture of Bangassou in Mbomou Prefecture, which is situated at the border with the DRC. More than 13,000 of those displaced are children.
“More than eighty per cent of the displaced persons are living with host communities and not in camps,” said Yoko Fujimura, IOM's experienced on displacement tracking. “Host families are sharing the little that they have with displaced people and therefore should also be supported to avoid tensions over limited resources,” she added.
As of May 2017, there were more than 500,000 internally displaced persons nationwide, a figure that had not been reached since August 2014.
Meantime, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has released a report that maps thirteen years of violence and impunity in the CAR.
Mass killings and other serious human rights violations have been documented in the report covering the numerous conflicts in the Central African Republic inbetween two thousand three and 2015.
Many of the violations may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the mapping report states, as it sets out a strategy to fight pervasive impunity in the country.
“The history of the country has been marked by deep-rooted poverty, ethnic tensions, pervasive political instability, corruption and nepotism that led to a succession of armed conflicts,” the mapping report states. “After gaining independence, the Central African Republic was subjected to a succession of authoritarian regimes that committed, condoned and were incapable to prevent serious violations and manhandles.”
Regional instability and internal conflicts in neighbouring countries have fuelled the volatile conditions in the country, particularly through the flow of arms and rebel groups across its porous borders, the report adds.
“The mapping report on the Central African Republic lays nude the staggering suffering of the people of this mineral-rich country which is among the poorest in the world,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.
“In documenting the violations and manhandles of the past, we hope to galvanize national and international efforts to protect and bring justice to the victims of these crimes,” said Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the UN Special Representative for the CAR and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
The report sets out recommendations, such as having a sequenced and comprehensive treatment to transitional justice, creating a prosecution strategy for the Special Criminal Court, and establishing a truth and reconciliation commission.
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Veronique and some of her children who spent six months hiding in the thicket in Bohong after violence broke out in Central African Republic. Photo: UNICEF/ Logan
Since fighting flared in May inbetween rebels, more than 68,000 people have fled their homes within CAR, while more than 20,000 have sought refuge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), or the UN refugee agency.
Significant rebel activity on towns along the DRC border as well as rumours of possible attacks are pushing people to flee in the Haute Kotto and Mbomou prefectures inwards CAR, he noted.
UNHCR is calling for urgent support to its funding appeal of $209.Two million for the CAR situation, which is only six per cent funded.
For its part, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), or the UN migration agency, has tracked more than Nineteen,000 displaced people in the nation's sub-prefecture of Bangassou in Mbomou Prefecture, which is situated at the border with the DRC. More than 13,000 of those displaced are children.
“More than eighty per cent of the displaced persons are living with host communities and not in camps,” said Yoko Fujimura, IOM's accomplished on displacement tracking. “Host families are sharing the little that they have with displaced people and therefore should also be supported to avoid tensions over limited resources,” she added.
As of May 2017, there were more than 500,000 internally displaced persons nationwide, a figure that had not been reached since August 2014.
Meantime, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has released a report that maps thirteen years of violence and impunity in the CAR.
Mass killings and other serious human rights violations have been documented in the report covering the numerous conflicts in the Central African Republic inbetween two thousand three and 2015.
Many of the violations may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the mapping report states, as it sets out a strategy to fight pervasive impunity in the country.
“The history of the country has been marked by deep-rooted poverty, ethnic tensions, pervasive political instability, corruption and nepotism that led to a succession of armed conflicts,” the mapping report states. “After gaining independence, the Central African Republic was subjected to a succession of authoritarian regimes that committed, condoned and were incapable to prevent serious violations and manhandles.”
Regional instability and internal conflicts in neighbouring countries have fuelled the volatile conditions in the country, particularly through the flow of arms and rebel groups across its porous borders, the report adds.
“The mapping report on the Central African Republic lays naked the staggering suffering of the people of this mineral-rich country which is among the poorest in the world,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.
“In documenting the violations and manhandles of the past, we hope to galvanize national and international efforts to protect and bring justice to the victims of these crimes,” said Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the UN Special Representative for the CAR and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
The report sets out recommendations, such as having a sequenced and comprehensive treatment to transitional justice, creating a prosecution strategy for the Special Criminal Court, and establishing a truth and reconciliation commission.
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