PIERRE TERDJMAN

CAR 2013-2014: PART II "Il faut qu'ils quiitent..." the transition and the exodus of the muslim people

since they seized power in March 2013,Seleka milicias have been responsible for massive human rights abuses, including massacres, rapes, executions, torture, and the burning of hundreds of villages. As a direct result of the Seleka’s widespread abuses, nearly a fifth of the country’s people have fled their homes, living in dire humanitarian conditions in the bush or camps for displaced persons.  

In September, the mostly Christian anti-balaka militias began fighting back, and over the past two months have intensified revenge attacks on Muslim communities, with massacres, executions, torture, and the widespread burning and looting of Muslim homes, plunging the country deeper into bloodshed. Fearing these atrocities, Muslim residents have fled numerous northwestern towns, such as Bossangoa and Bouca, where there was once a significant and longstanding Muslim presence. 

In January 2014, Michel Djotodia, the former Seleka leader appointed president in August 2013, stepped down from power at a summit in Ndjamena, Chad, where the transitional national council for the Central African Republic met to begin the process of choosing a new interim president. Catherine Samba-Panza, the former mayor of Bangui, was sworn in on January 23, 2014. She inherits a very weak government, humanitarian crisis, and ongoing conflict with regional implications.  

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  • a muslim boy from the peul tribe is waiting for treatment after he got wounded by a machete as anti balaka tried to stop him and his family to run away from bangui.
  • at the field hospital in the district of Castor,pepole wait for treatment.`
  • Displaced people next to the M'poko airport.
  • at the Pediatric center in Bangui, a woman takes care of a child abandoned by his parents
  • at the Pediatric center in Bangui, a woman waits with her child for treatment.
  • Bangui.next to PK0 district.
  • Muslims fled to Bangui, fleeing the fighting and looting.
  • Chadian soldiers protecting a convoy of Chadian nationals fleeing bangui
  • young Christians react after you burn the car of a group of Muslims who passed their neighborhood
  • young Christians celebrate the departure of President Djotodia while drinking beers and desecrating muslim objects.
  • {quote}Hollande Butcher take our shops but stop killing us{quote}.A muslim stands at PK5,Bangui.
  • End of the day,Bangui.
  • The Central african assembly.A soldier stand guard during the election of the president of the transition.
  • departure of president djotodia....
  • food distribution at the m'poko airport.more than 100000 people wiat for humanitarian help on the site.
  • food distribution at the m'poko airport.more than 100000 people wiat for humanitarian help on the site.
  • A man suspected of carrying personal grenades is arretsed by African forces .
  • transitional temporary president Ndengue arrives to visit a displaced site in Bangui.
  • Seleka soldiers at the Kassai camp,Bangui.
  • Refugees at the St jacques displaced site in Bangui.
  • inside the PK5 district.
  • A muslim man stays at home after being wounded by christians milicia outside his neighborhood.
  • A peul woman wait for a truck to flee Bangui to the Chadian border.
  • Remains form a violent night in PK12.
  • A man suspected of being a selaka is being held by centrafrivcan gendarmerie at PK12.
  • Guns and machine guns seized by french and centrafrican forces at PK12
  • A muslim family wait at PK12 to leave Bangui and flee to the Chadian border
  • A peul family wait for treatment after the son got wounded by a machete .Hundreds of people wait at PK12 to flee bangui and go to the Chadian border.
  • {quote}donnes moi un baton{quote}Anti balakas smoke a cigarette as they stand guard outside a secret meeting between anti balaka leaders in Bangui
  • A secret meeting between anti blaka leaders in a house in Bangui.
  • {quote}Danger of death{quote} an anti balaka fighte  wrote his battle name on his machete.
  • on the road to boali,houses have been burnt in the villages.
  • on the road to boali,houses have been burnt in the villages.
  • A man stand next to his burned house in a village on the road between Boali and Bangui.
  • the Panther hill.just outside the presidential house in camp de roux,every night for many days,people saw seleka cars with people inside going up full of people and coming down empty.more than 50 people have been killed. a mass grave have been found few weeks ago .
  • Hidding from anti blakas who want to kill them,muslim people took shelter in a church in Boali.
  • Hidding from anti blakas who want to kill them,muslim people took shelter in a church in Boali.
  • Hidding from anti blakas who want to kill them,muslim people took shelter in a church in Boali.
  • Hidding from anti blakas who want to kill them,muslim people took shelter in a church in Boali.
  • Hidding from anti blakas who want to kill them,muslim people took shelter in a church in Boali.A father is taking care of his daughter that has been wounded by anti balakas.she will die few hours later .
  • greeting the new president in Bangui.
  • catherien Samba Panza,the new centrafrican president .
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    • PART I From Bossangoa to 5th of Dec.
    • PART II "Il faut qu'ils quiitent..." the transition and the exodus of the muslim people
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