Warnings of ethnic Central African Republic cleansing

     In Dakar, Senegal tens of thousands of  Muslims have been forced by Christian militias to flee the Central African Republic. Human rights groups and the top United Nations officials characterized this as de facto ethnic cleansing.

        Entire neighborhoods in the capital, Bangui, have been emptied because of the attacks by the Christian militias. What's up also been chased in large numbers from town in the provinces. As little shops have been looted and burned, mosques have been demolished, and homes inhabited by Muslims destroyed. The anti- balaka Christian militias turned into a violent, undisciplined gang apparently focused on revenge attack against Muslim civilians over the little rule of Seleka. It's been going on since December and hundreds have been killed. Government officials are trying to keep the peace between the two sides by making peacekeeping operations but  human rights groups do not have a clear picture of who their leaders are, whether they have a chain of command, and whether they the often gruesome attacks against Muslims.

        The anti-the balaka group often you are a list and necklaces a supernatural protection against attacks. Often armed with AK-47s, daggers or machetes, and many other dangerous weapons. Dispersed in the population these vigilante fires have proved impossible for the French forces or their African peacekeeping counterparts, 5,500 strong, to move out.

        The lynching of a suspected Seleka rebel by soldiers last week immediately after speech by the country's new interim president, which gathered everyone together to hear, created violence by anti-Balaka of forces the victim was life and stoned to death and cut up with daggers and machetes and what remained of his body was burned. Amnesty international to the killing of at least 100 Muslims on January 18 in Bossemptélé, western part of country, as one of the worst attacks by anti- balaka forces to date. Many women and old men were Among the victims, Amnesty said. About fifteen percent of the country population of about 4 million was Muslim.

        In the meantime the United States nations began one of the largest ever food airlifts on Wednesday sending 82 tons of rice into Benewah on the first of about 25 flights as food stocks in the capital dwindled