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Part of Central African Republic Civil War ... around 15,000 Muslims have been besieged in PK5 district in Bangui, ... and destroyed more than 1,075 buildings. [8]
More than 3,000 people escaped their homes seeking refugee in a hospital, cathedral and mosque. Anti-balaka besieged mosque sheltering more than 1,000 people. On 15 May MINUSCA forces managed to recapture key points in the city freeing hostages from mosque. [1] In the following days more than 115 bodies were found in the city. [2]
An internal conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) started essentially on 13 April 2013, when the government of President Michel Djotodia officially took over. The fighting was between the government of the Central African Republic's former Séléka coalition of rebel groups, who are mainly from the Muslim minority, and the mainly Christian anti-balaka coalition.
Islam accounts for approximately 8.9% (750,000 people) of the population of the Central African Republic, making it the second largest organized religion in the country after Christianity (90%). [1] The vast majority of Muslims are Sunni of Maliki school of jurisprudence .
The Central African Republic Civil War is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving the government, rebels from the Séléka coalition, and Anti-balaka militias. In the preceding Central African Republic Bush War (2004–2007), the government of President François Bozizé fought with rebels until a peace agreement in ...
The Islamic State – Central Africa Province [note 1] (abbreviated IS-CAP, also known as Central Africa Wilayah and Wilayat Wasat Ifriqiya) is an administrative division of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised quasi-state. As a result of a lack of information, the foundation date and territorial extent of ...
The Central African Republic is also estimated to be the unhealthiest country [15] as well as the worst country in which to be young. [16] The Central African Republic is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the Non-Aligned ...
Between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., the attackers executed 17 members of the Muslim community, all men, at different locations in the village of Boyo. The majority of the 17 Muslims were beheaded or slit with machetes. The head of one of the 17 victims was exposed in front of the mosque while his genitals were displayed in the village market.