Christians and Muslims in Central African Republic share shelter as renewed fighting displaces thousands
This latest wave of violence in the central African country has caused massive displacement of populations and forced nearly 200,000 people — half of them children — to flee from their homes.
President Faustin-Archange Touadera, center right, arrives to cast his vote at the Lycee Boganda polling station in the capital, Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 27, 2020. (AP Photo)
January 27, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Christians and Muslims in the besieged Central African Republic have taken shelter together in houses of worship in the country as renewed rebel violence forces thousands out of their homes.