Nearly million people displaced by CAR conflict - UN

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The number of internally displaced people in the Central African Republic (CAR) has more than doubled to 935,000 since December, the UN says.

More than 500,000 have fled their homes in the capital Bangui alone - almost half the city's population. Some 60% of those displaced are children.
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The conflict has pitted Christian and Muslim militias against each other.

The CAR is ruled by Muslim ex-rebel leader Michel Djotodia who seized power last March, forcing then-President Francois Bozize, who came from the majority Christian population, to flee into exile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25594002

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1. Central African Republic crisis: Aid worker fears attack

An aid worker at a Catholic mission in the Central African Republic, where some 3,000 people have sought shelter, says he fears a massive attack.

Vojtech Bily told the BBC that the town of Bozoum, north of the capital Bangui, was surrounded by Christian militia, who he feared could massacre Muslim residents.

He said the mission only had enough food supplies to last for three days.
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Mr Bily, a volunteer at the mission, said that international aid workers had been unable to get supplies into the town as attacks by Christian militia, known as anti-Balaka, had intensified.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25644766