An upsurge in violent attacks this week between communities in a town near the Central African Republic's border with South Sudan has left at least 10 people injured and thousands more displaced, marking the first major inter-community incident in the region since the country's crisis began in 2012, the United Nations humanitarian relief office said today.
A press briefing in Geneva earlier today highlighted that on 17 and 18 November, attacks between communities in Zémio, a town in the south-east of the Central African Republic (CAR), in the province of Haut Mbomou, had left some 80 per cent of the 16,000 inhabitants displaced and in search of protection.
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