Mass grave found in Central African Republic, U.N. warns of 'cleansing'

A Democratic Republic of the Congo soldier, part of an African peacekeeping force, patrols along a street in Bangui, February 12, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Bangui,  Centrla Africal Republic: African Union peacekeepers on Wednesday uncovered a mass grave at a military camp in Bangui occupied by the Muslim Seleka rebels, as a top U.N. official warned Central African Republic was succumbing to "ethnic-religious cleansing".

A Reuters witness saw four separate shallow graves containing at least a dozen bodies at the military camp in the 200 Villas neighborhood of central Bangui, where some Seleka fighters are still stationed.