6 Aid Workers Killed Amid Chaos in Central African Republic
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6 Aid Workers Killed Amid Chaos in Central African Republic
In the area where the attack on Unicef took place, Mr. Mudge said, "the situation has really been deteriorating for the past two years." The crisis in the Central African Republic has drawn relatively little international attention, overshadowed by wars
and humanitarian disasters in Syria, Yemen and other parts of the world.
28, 2018
Six educators were killed this week in the Central African Republic, Unicef said on Wednesday, the latest of several attacks on aid workers as
that fragmented and war-torn nation slides deeper into chaos.
It identified the dead, all Central African Republic nationals, as a Unicef education consultant, two officials from the central government’s Ministry of Education,
and three members of a local group that works with Unicef, Bangui Sans Frontières.
" Christine Muhigana, Unicef’s Central African Republic representative, said in a statement.
that We are shocked beyond words by this brutal and senseless attack on people who have dedicated their lives to helping others,
Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said the latest victims were attacked on Sunday while traveling to Markounda, where about 7,000
people have taken refuge from the fighting, to establish a program to train teachers who would, in turn, teach refugee children.
Days after the August attack, the United Nations warned of rapidly escalating violence
and a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic.
In the area where the attack on Unicef took place, Mr. Mudge said, "the situation has really been deteriorating for the past two years." The crisis in the Central African Republic has drawn relatively little international attention, overshadowed by wars
and humanitarian disasters in Syria, Yemen and other parts of the world.
28, 2018
Six educators were killed this week in the Central African Republic, Unicef said on Wednesday, the latest of several attacks on aid workers as
that fragmented and war-torn nation slides deeper into chaos.
It identified the dead, all Central African Republic nationals, as a Unicef education consultant, two officials from the central government’s Ministry of Education,
and three members of a local group that works with Unicef, Bangui Sans Frontières.
" Christine Muhigana, Unicef’s Central African Republic representative, said in a statement.
that We are shocked beyond words by this brutal and senseless attack on people who have dedicated their lives to helping others,
Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said the latest victims were attacked on Sunday while traveling to Markounda, where about 7,000
people have taken refuge from the fighting, to establish a program to train teachers who would, in turn, teach refugee children.
Days after the August attack, the United Nations warned of rapidly escalating violence
and a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic.