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A boy displaced by inter-communal violence in the country walks past a vendor in a camp for displaced persons at Bangui M'Poko International Airport February 11, 2014. Photo: Reuters
Bangui, Central Africa Republic: An exodus of Muslim traders fleeing attacks by Christian militia in Central African Republic has pushed food markets there to the brink of collapse, threatening the nation with even deeper crisis.
The United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people - more than a quarter of the population - are already in need of urgent food aid after months of communal violence that French and African peacekeepers have been unable to stop.
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