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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Central African Republic - Rebels Executing Civilians |
| 2018-10-13 |
| [All Africa] Seleka ...a 'mainly' Moslem rebel force in the Central African Republic that overthrew the govt, imposed a regime of rapine and looting on the country's non-Moslem population, and was then tossed by France. They still exist, getting funding and weapons from somewhere or other, licking their wounds, complaining about the oppression of Moslems, and occasionally raping and looting someone... rebels in the Central African Republic captured and executed at least nine civilians, including seven women, on September 6, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. The executions around the town of Bria in the Haute-Kotto province came almost two weeks after the same group killed 11 civilians after a clash with a rival militia. "These executions and killings are brazen war crimes by fighters who feel free to kill at will, despite the presence of United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... peacekeepers," said Lewis Mudge, a senior Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The peacekeepers are allowed to use force to protect civilians, and should seek to anticipate these attacks and to intervene early." Rebels from the Popular Front for the Renaissance in the Central African Republic (Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de la Centrafrique, FPRC), captured and executed the nine civilians, who had been working or going to their fields outside a displaced people's camp. The same group killed at least 11 civilians fleeing the town's Borno neighborhood, three kilometers from the camp, on August 25 after fighting between the FPRC and anti-balaka militia. Human Rights Watch found evidence that the group killed at least four more civilians around Bria on September 16. Human Rights Watch also found evidence that anti-balaka groups killed at least eight civilians in the area since June. Tensions have increased between the two groups since 2017, with unlawful killings by both. Both groups deny attacking civilians. The FPRC, drawn from the predominately Moslem Seleka group that briefly took power in the country in 2013, control most of Bria. Though previously aligned with anti-balaka against another group, it has fought anti-balaka in the region since mid-2017. The anti-balaka emerged in 2013, largely from existing self-defense groups to resist Seleka abuses, and have committed serious abuses against civilians, particularly Moslems, across the country. They attack civilians in the forests and fields outside Bria, on the Irabanda road, but some fighters also stay in the "PK3" displacement camp in Bria. Fighting since May 2017 has forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee their homes. More than 50,000 now live at the "PK3" camp. Camp leaders confirmed that anti-balaka base themselves at "PK3" for short periods. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Daddy being the fighters, or Moloch? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-10-13 15:42 |
| #3 Daddy's gotta eat. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-13 13:19 |
| #2 "These executions and killings are brazen war crimes by fighters who feel free to kill at will, |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-13 09:51 |
| #1 Just another day at the office in Equitoral Africa |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-10-13 09:23 |