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US calls on Russia to stop Central Africa violence

New US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield holds a news conference at UN headquarters in New York, US. [Reuters]

The US ambassador to the United Nations called on Russia on Wednesday to stop violence by "mercenaries working as an arm of Russia's Ministry of Defense" in the Central African Republic (CAR) and hold accountable those responsible.

UN sanctions monitors reported to the Security Council that Russian military instructors and CAR troops targeted civilians with excessive force, indiscriminate killings, occupation of schools and large-scale looting.

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