The Violence In Central African Republic Has Uprooted Nearly A Million People

A boy stands at a former shop as he looks at burning houses in Bossangoa, north of the capital Bangui January 2, 2014. (Reuters/Andreea Campeanu)

Violence In Central African Republic Displaces Nearly 1 Million: U.N. -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Violence in Central African Republic has uprooted nearly a million people, a fifth of the population, and is hampering aid efforts, particularly in the capital Bangui, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

A flare-up in violence between Muslim fighters and Christian militias has displaced more than 200,000 people in the past few weeks alone, leaving a total of 935,000 homeless.

A Muslim rebel group, the Seleka, unleashed a wave of killing and looting after seizing power in March, and the deployment of 1,600 French and nearly 4,000 African Union peacekeepers has done little to contain the tit-for-tat violence between religious communities.

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