ICC Note:
Central African Republic has been engaged in a civil war since 2012 which has developed religious undertones. The primarily Muslim Seleka rebels took power from a Christian leader which led to mainly Christian militias reprisals. Recently, the conflict and violence has escalated so that organizations like the UN peacekeeping force are worried about a “full-blown conflict” leading to a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
3/06/2017 Central African Republic (Reuters) – Clashes between militias near the Central African Republic town of Bambari could soon escalate into full-blown conflict, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes and triggering a humanitarian ‘catastrophe’, aid agencies said on Friday.
Central African Republic has been plagued by conflict since March 2013, when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, triggering reprisals by Christian “anti-balaka” militias.
Yet fighting has flared in recent months around Bambari, in the center of the country, between two rebel groups formerly belonging to the Seleka alliance that have fallen out in a fight for territory and control of illicit tax revenues.
The U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) said last week it stopped fighters from carrying out an attack in Bambari, but aid agencies fear imminent conflict in a town home to 200,000 people – a quarter of whom have already been uprooted by violence.
 
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