UN Warns CAR On Brink Of Catastrophe -- Al Jazeera
About 2.2 million people in Central African Republic need assistance according to UN political chief.
UN officials are warning the Security Council that Central African Republic is on the brink of a catastrophe, with half the population made homeless since ethnic warfare broke out.
UN political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman told the council on Monday that about 2.2 million people throughout the country need assistance, about half the total population.
About half the people of Bangui have been driven from their homes, a total of about 513,000, he said. An estimated 100,000 people are seeking shelter at a makeshift camp at the airport near the capital.
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Nearly a million flee violence in Central African Republic -- CNN
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