Central African Republic: Ban Visits Bangui, Warns Against Genocide

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has visited refugees housed at a mosque in strife-torn Bangui in the Central African Republic. He also urged UN members to back his call for a peacekeeping force to end inter-religious violence.

Ban briefly visited the capital of majority-Christian Central African Republic on Saturday and urged its leaders and the world community to prevent a new genocide on the continent, 20 years after Rwanda.

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