(MENAFN) On Friday, Jan. 29, a UN spokesperson stated that over 200,000 people have ran away from aggression and insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) during the past two months.
Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: "more than 90,000 of these people have sought refuge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)." He added: "another 13,000 have crossed into Cameroon, Chad, and the Republic of Congo."
Dujarric said to reporters at a press briefing: "It underscores the lack of willingness of a number of Central African actors to support a political process and to instead... take up arms."
He noted: "the violence and the lack of support for the political process leads directly to 200,000 people, men, women and children fleeing for their lives and seeking refuge in countries that are themselves in crisis." He said: "and, we also need to note the hospitality of the population of the DRC, of Chad, of other places."
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