Spend some time this lunch time and read from our expert in the field about the fear people feel in Central African Republic: "Suddenly, there was an eerie hush; even tiny babies stopped crying and the waiting patients lowered their eyes clutching their papers ever tightly. A brand new pick-up with half a dozen men in clean military fatigues, armed to the hilt had screeched to a halt near the mobile clinic on the dusty main road that leads to Chad. A young leader and his entourage leaped out and barked orders. As he spoke, there was silence amid the fifty plus Central African Republicans, most of them with young babies or toddlers. The mothers had gathered here for the EU funded tri-weekly mobile medical clinic run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Nana Outta, a village near Kaga Bandoro in the central part of the country, almost 250 kilometres from the capital Bangui. These soldiers are part of the current Transitional authority of Central African Republic (CAR), and they were here to address an issue related to a nearby village and a dispute with the village Chief. They left after a short while. However, the reaction of the civilian population was palpable: absolute fear. For Noelle B, who was at the clinic with her three month old baby, the reflex to run was great. “It is because ICRC are here, and the staff are present that I am still here, [waiting for health treatment] otherwise, all these people you see..." bit.ly/1321kVZ
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:30:00 +0000
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