‘France to blame for CAR carnage’

A political analyst says France is accountable for the massive genocide in the Central African Republic (CAR), Press TV reports.

“What is going on in the Central African Republic is a massive genocide mainly because of the French intervention,” Jahi Issa, a professor of African history, said on Friday.

“I mean we are looking at a very serious issue which we must blame the French also for this because they are the ones who funded the rebels, who have known al-Qaeda ties with particularly those of northern Nigeria and other al-Qaeda groups located throughout Africa and other regions,” he added.

The commentator believed that the settlement of sectarianism in CAR will take some time, saying, “It is a conflict that is now engaging many of the border nations with the Central African Republic. Rwanda is involved.”

He noted that the Rwandans claim that the rebels who took power are the same people who committed genocide against the Houthis during the 1990’s. 

Issa expressed hope that the African Union can get involved and help stabilize the region.

In a statement on Friday, the Red Cross president in CAR Antoine Mbao Bogo, warned that the Central African Republic is on the brink of a “massive humanitarian catastrophe.”

Bogo said the humanitarian situation in the capital, Bangui, is “very difficult,” but “in the countryside it is becoming unbearable.”

The statement by the Red Cross came a day after John Ging, the director of the Operation Division for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), warned of an impending genocide in the country, adding that the CAR crisis was foreseen, avoidable and produced by the international community’s neglect over many years.

The Central African Republic spiraled into chaos in March 2013, when Seleka fighters unseated President Francois Bozizé and brought Michel Djotodia to power. Bozizé fled the country after his ouster.

France has deployed hundreds of troops to its former colony under the pretext of establishing stability in the country.

Hundreds of people have died and nearly a million others have been displaced due to the conflict in the Central African Republic.

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