AP mag

apply the G-word (genocide) to what's
happening in the Central African
Republic, it may garber some more
international attention.
Members of the Christian militant group Revolution
of Justice patrolled the village
Nanga Boguila between Bossangoa and Bozoum, on
March 6, 2014. Because the U.N. launched an
investigation into “reports of genocide” in the Central
African Republic, with tens of thousands of Muslims
reportedly fleeing the country in fear of reprisal
attacks from Christian militias. This chaos began a
year ago when the Seleka a majority-Muslim rebel
group took over power and immediately started a
campaign of “looking, torture and killing in the
majority Christian country.” Seleka control over the
country crumbled, and the current an ?-Muslim
backlash began a tier Seleka President Michel
Djotodia resigned in January. Estimated 650,000
people have been displaced and about 300,000 fled
to neighboring countries. Fewer than 1,000 of the
original 100,000-strong Muslim population remain in
Bangui the Capital. There are already about 2,000
French and 6,000 African Union troops on the ground
in the country, though their effectiveness has been
limited and have also been accused of making the
violence worse. This is quite an unfortunate and very
complex situation in a country that doesn't get much
media coverage, and options for international
intervention are also limited. If the investigators do
BOKO HARAM
The Boko Haram was an indigenous
group, who turned into a Jihadist
group in 2009. It proposes that in
Western education is forbidden, and
also supports opposition to the
Muslim establishment and the
government of Nigeria. The members
of the group do not interact with the
local Muslim population and they
assassinate anyone who criticizes its
actions, including Muslim clerics. In
2009, Boko Haram crackdown on its
members and its subsequent
reemergence, the growing frequency and geographical range of
attacks attributed to Boko Haram have led some political and
religious leaders in the north to the conclusion that the group has
now expanded beyond its original religious composition to include
not only Islamic militants, but criminal elements and disgruntled
politicians as well. The Boka Haram funding sources are not certain
yet. In the past, Nigerian officials have been criticized for being
unable to trace much of the funding that Boko Haram has received
and government officials have been accused of funding the Boko
Haram. It has also been believed that the group is being funded by
some Islamic groups.
It is believed to be partially funded by bank robberies For instance,
Governor Kashim Shetima of Borno State said that: “[they have]
become a franchise that anyone can buy into. It's something like a
Bermuda Triangle.” The group has also forcibly converted non-
Muslims to Islam. The group carried out its operations peacefully
during the first seven years of its existence. That changed in 2009
when the Nigerian government launched an investigation into the
group's activities following reports that its members were arming
themselves. Prior to that the government reportedly repeatedly
ignored warnings about the increasing militant character of the
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