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MASSACRES, gang rapes and villages burned to the ground were among the hundreds of rights violations in the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2003 outlined yesterday in a new UN report.
The report was released in the Senegalese capital Dakar amid growing fears that the country is again slipping into the sectarian bloodshed that left thousands dead between late 2013 and 2015.
UN investigators highlight more than 600 abuses over a 12-year period and urge prosecution and the creation of a truth and reconciliation commission.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
The horrors in the Congo have much in common with Gaza’s genocide, most notably the financial and military support of the US, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
