Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and hide deep in the bush in the Central African Republic (CAR), where the Seleka rebels recently seized power. The rebels tore through the country, burning entire villages and murdering civilians, including women and children. They may have set the stage for even more violence – and suffering – to come.
UNICEF has urged CAR’s new government to investigate recent allegations of killings of children amid the renewed violence.
The US will no longer buy helicopters from the Russian state-owned arms firm that also supplies weapons to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.
A new poll shows that 67% of more than 2,000 Kenyans surveyed believe their president, Uhuru Kenyatta, should stand trial at the International Criminal Court for his alleged role in the country’s 2007-2008 post-election violence.
French citizen and footballer Zahir Belounis writes an impassioned open letter about being trapped in Qatar, despite wanting to return to France, because his Qatari employer won’t grant him an exit visa. Under Qatar’s abusive kafala system, foreign workers need their employer’s permission to leave.
Russian authorities today said that Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who hasn’t been heard from in weeks, has been moved to a Siberian prison colony.
From earlier today: Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and hide deep in the bush in the forgotten conflict in the Central African Republic since Seleka rebels seized power in the country, committing atrocities like burning entire villages and randomly murdering civilians, including women and children.
