Shafaqna English- UN condemns brutal attacks targeting Muslims in Central African Republic.
A UN’s report released on Wednesday (05 Mar 2025) has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations committed by armed groups in southeast Central African Republic (CAR), targeting Muslim communities and Sudanese refugees.
Investigations by the UN’s Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSCA, found evidence of summary executions, sexual violence, and torture. Other violations included cruel and degrading treatment, forced labour, and looting of homes and shops.
CAR has been plagued by decades of instability and communal violence along religious and ethnic lines. UN’s assessments suggest that one in five people are displaced internally or outside the country’s borders due to the conflict.
The fighting has also taken a terrible toll on vital infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.
The civil war in Sudan and tensions in southern Chad have led to an influx of refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees to already overwhelmed areas of CAR.
Valentine Rugwabiza, Head of MINUSCA, warned that despite continued efforts by the Government – with support from the Mission – the situation in the two regions remains deeply concerning.
“Failure to adequately respond to these crimes would undermine the hard-earned security gains and further erode social cohesion in areas where efforts have been made with communities to defuse tensions and promote peaceful coexistence,” she said.
Source: allAfrica.com