UN Sends More Emergency Teams to CAR -- Voice of America
The U.N. refugee agency has deployed additional emergency teams to the Central African Republic, where violence in the capital, Bangui, has forced more than 200,000 people to flee from their homes over the past two weeks.
UNHCR's Adrian Edwards said the agency is in the process of sending additional protection teams in view of the deteriorating situation and reports of new mass displacements. Edwards did not specify the number of newly deployed personnel, but said staff have begun arriving this week and that more are on their way.
French and African intervention forces have been trying to quell unrest in the country after it descended into chaos in March when mostly Muslim rebels, known as Seleka, overthrew president Francois Bozize.
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