Central African Republic and Christian Militias

Christian militias: The checkpoints are controlled by cold-eyed men from largely Christian militias who brandish knives, machetes, swords and other crude weapons. Occasionally, a decrepit taxi comes barrelling down the road, ludicrously overloaded with 15 or 20 refugees, some piled on the roof. At times, a slow-moving convoy appears busloads of terrified Muslims, with an escort of heavily armed peacekeepers to protect them from slaughter. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Thugs, militias hold power in anarchic Central African Republic Drive north from the capital, and you soon discover why relief workers call the Central African Republic a post-apocalyptic country. After a year of mass murder, the villages are abandoned and the roads eerily empty and desolate. Central African Republic priest puts religious differences aside to save lives (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.