Central African Republic: entire areas cut off from the world [2/2]
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Blue helmets patrol on a road near Paoua in the Central African Republic, December 5, 2021. More and more explosive devices are scattered on the roads by rebel groups.
© AFP/Barbara Standing
By: Carol Valade Follow
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Over the past year, the appearance of explosive devices placed on the tracks has further complicated the Central African crisis.
A phenomenon still unknown in the country a year ago, but which is gaining momentum and whose consequences are dramatic for the economy of the North-West region.
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According to most analysts, these explosive devices would be planted by rebel groups in order to limit the progress of pro-government forces which pushed them out of the main cities of the country in 2021. But the explosives do not make a difference and the victims are in their vast majority of civilians, humanitarian workers as well, as well as two blue helmets who were injured.
In addition to the human toll, which amounts to at least 23 civilians killed according to the UN, entire areas have become inaccessible to traders and humanitarians.
In its localities, the lack of food and medicine adds to the insecurity that prevents farmers from working in the fields.
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