Rebels in the Central African Republic today called for secession as the conflict worsened between ethnic communities, reports The Guardian.
A petition on independence of the northern region of CAR called for a new ‘Republic of Northern Central Africa’ to solve the ethnic conflict was carried out last week reported Reuters.
Last week Archbishop Desmond Tutu warned that the country was on the brink of genocide as violence continued to escalate.
“The partition itself has already been done. Now there only remains the declaration of independence. They don’t want any Muslims. Rather than calling the country Central African Republic, they can call it the Central Africa Republic," said a pro-independence activist in the northern region, speaking of the predominantly Catholic southern regions of CAR.
Calls for secession as a solution to CAR's ethnic conflict have been met with equal scepticism by some international analysts, arguing that the solution applied to Sudan may not always work.
“There may be an urgent need for a solution to isolate warring populations for a while to help subside the violence. But it will not be in the interest of all parties to seek secession of the mainly Muslim north away from the Catholic south,” a foreign relations expert at the University of Johannesburg, Koffi Kouakou, said.
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A petition on independence of the northern region of CAR called for a new ‘Republic of Northern Central Africa’ to solve the ethnic conflict was carried out last week reported Reuters.
Last week Archbishop Desmond Tutu warned that the country was on the brink of genocide as violence continued to escalate.
“The partition itself has already been done. Now there only remains the declaration of independence. They don’t want any Muslims. Rather than calling the country Central African Republic, they can call it the Central Africa Republic," said a pro-independence activist in the northern region, speaking of the predominantly Catholic southern regions of CAR.
Calls for secession as a solution to CAR's ethnic conflict have been met with equal scepticism by some international analysts, arguing that the solution applied to Sudan may not always work.
“There may be an urgent need for a solution to isolate warring populations for a while to help subside the violence. But it will not be in the interest of all parties to seek secession of the mainly Muslim north away from the Catholic south,” a foreign relations expert at the University of Johannesburg, Koffi Kouakou, said.
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CAR on brink of genocide warns Desmond Tutu (20 April 2014)