The United Nations on Friday warned groups carrying out atrocities in the Central African Republic the world was watching and would hold them to account, after the killings of hundreds of people, mainly civilians.
Western officials say that Rwanda’s denials are not credible, and U.S. and European governments imposed punitive measures on Kigali to pressure it to halt its support for M23.
The election board said pro-government candidates won 54 percent of the total, garnering 242 mayoralties at Sunday’s ballot. nike free run 3 The opposition Democratic Unity coalition and its partners took 44 percent, winning 75 mayoralties.
A U.N.-authorized French peacekeeping mission has restored a degree of calm to the capital but conflict has spread and the U.N. Human Rights office said the Christian militia, known as anti-balaka, killed 27 Muslims on Thursday in Bohong, a village about 75 km (45 miles) from the western town of Bouar.
“I flew over the hill of Chanzu, which was the last battle effectively between FARDC (Congolese troops), helped by MONUSCO, and M23,” Ladsous told reporters.
“It’s amazing the quantity that were seized there, including heavy caliber, hundreds of tonnes really of all sorts of stuff including about a year’s worth of ammunition supplies,” he said.
The warning from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came a day after a militia killed 27 Muslims in a village outside the capital, shop nike Bangui, underscoring the challenge international troops face stabilizing the country.
Ladsous said a U.N. Group of Experts, who monitor compliance with sanctions and an arms embargo on Democratic Republic of Congo, was investigating the origin of the weapons, adding: “I’m sure it will make interesting reading.”
The U.N. experts, who report to the U.N. Security Council’s Congo sanctions committee, have repeatedly accused neighboring Rwanda of backing the rebellion by M23 in eastern Congo, a claim the Rwandan government has fiercely rejected.
Capriles, the governor of Miranda state who narrowly lost the April presidential vote, may come under pressure from within the opposition for his failure to deliver better results at Sunday’s vote, free run on clearance which he had cast as a plebiscite.
Thick forests, rugged terrain and the scarcity of roads on Congo’s eastern border with Rwanda and Uganda have complicated efforts by the U.N. peacekeeping force to control the resource-rich area.
“The most noteworthy impact of the election result has been to turn the tables on Democratic Unity leader Henrique Capriles … who now find himself under scrutiny for his ability to lead the 30-party opposition coalition,” wrote Michael Henderson, of global risk forecaster Maplecroft’s.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Paris had been surprised by the scale of the violence in the capital.
“We thought the risk would have been bigger up country than in Bangui but in fact it was the other way round,” nike shoes he said during a visit on Friday, adding that deployments outside Bangui would gradually pick up once the capital was secured.
Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye confirmed he would not stand at the next elections in accordance with a political accord signed in January. An independent body to prepare elections would be set up in days, he added.
Ladsous said that some 2,300 rebel fighters in eastern Congo from several groups, including M23, have given up their weapons to U.N. peacekeepers in the past two months or so.
France wants elections brought forward to next year, putting an end to the interim period originally scheduled to run into 2015.
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