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UN relaxes arms embargo on Central African Republic

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The streets of Bangassou, Central African Republic, remain empty on February 13, 2021, as most residents fled when rebels attacked with heavy weapons on January 3. [Adrienne Surprenant, AP]

The U.N. Security Council voted Friday to relax the arms embargo against the Central African Republic, a disappointment to its government, which sought a complete lifting of the ban on the sale or transfer of weapons and ammunition.

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