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President
Catherine Samba-Panza of Central African Republic Photo: Reuters
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CAR President Catherine
Samba-Panza has returned home early from the UN General Assembly because of the
renewed trouble in the capital, Bangui, reports the Reuters news agency. A wave of violence has
left more than 30 people dead and the offices of some humanitarian organizations
have been looted. It follows a wave of violence in the capital Bangui over
the weekend, which left dozens dead.
The
president of the Central African Republic, Catherine Samba-Panza, has said
elections in the country will be postponed, because of security concerns. Speaking
to the BBC from the UN General Assembly in New York, she also said she would
not cave in to demands to step down.
Demonstrators have called
for her resignation saying she's failed to put an end to the violence.
BBC/Reuters report continues:
Some
civil society groups have said the renewed violence is an indication of the
failure of the interim administration, which is supposed to pave the way to a
new stable democratic government.
More
than 10,000 people in the Central African Republic have sought refuge
in a camp for displaced people at the country's main airport over the past two
days, according to the UN's Humanitarian Agency (Tweet below, in French).
Presidential
elections are scheduled for October, a month before Pope Francis visits Bangui.
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There
are currently 900 French troops in the CAR, supporting a UN force of nearly
11,000 (Photo: AFP)
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