U.N. Ambassador Laments Misery In Central African Republic
You don't have to venture far to see the misery caused by the latest crisis in the Central African Republic.
On the edge of the airport in the capital Bangui, tens of thousands of people are sleeping out in the open with no basic services. It's here that Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, meets Martine Kutungai with her husband, a pastor, and their eight children.
Kutungai says she's terrified to go home because of the Seleka — Muslim rebels who toppled the government in March.
"We saw them moving door after door, killing people with knives and shooting at some of them," says Kutungai.
She tells Power that the only way she'll feel safe to return home is if the militias are disarmed.
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