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Central African Republic: Sectarian violence verging on genocide, UN reports

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.

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