South Sudan clashes 'kill 400-500' after coup claim

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. CAR death toll much higher than thought, says Amnesty (almost 1,000)

Last edited Thu Dec 19, 2013, 02:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Former rebels in the Central African Republic killed almost 1,000 people in a two-day rampage this month, double an earlier UN estimate, Amnesty International has said.

The group says war crimes are being committed in CAR.

In a separate report, Human Rights Watch is calling on the UN to send a peacekeeping mission to CAR.
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In its report, Amnesty said former Seleka rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital, Bangui, in revenge for deadly Christian militia attacks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25441511

And, if anyone's noticed, I'm getting my incipient Central African civil wars mixed up - this update should have gone to this thread. The countries are next to each other.