On CAR,
FranceAfrique
Nonplussed at
3 Year
Transition,
VIP Service
by UNHCR?
UNITED
NATIONS, March
25 -- After
the UN
Security
Council's
three
ineffectual
press releases
on the Central
African
Republic and
the
downfall of
Bozize, the
Council
convened again
late Monday.
Going
into the
Council, if
only to wait
outside the
closed door
consultations,
were African
Union
ambassador
Tete Antonio
and
Cameroon's
Tommo Monthe.
Inner
City Press
asked Monthe
about Bozize;
Monthe
laughed. His
presence would
seem to
confirm some
Cameroonian
role in
Bozize's
transit.
Benin's
Ambassador
came out of
the Council
and told Inner
City Press
that the
Seleka rebels
are talking
about a “three
year
transition.”
He
shook his
head: too
long.
Inner
City Press' question to
the UN at
noon, about
UNHCR
transporting
20
or 25 Bozize
family members
in the DRC
-- the same
service as
offered
to all
refugees, only
only for VIPs?
-- remained
unanswered
five
hours later.
Tete
Antonio gave
Inner City
Press a copy
of the AU's
Communique of
March
25, which
suspended CAR
from the AU
and imposed a
travel ban and
asset freeze
on seven
Seleka
leaders,
including
Dhotodio,
Dhafane,
Betty, Aroune,
the CPJP's
Adam, Seleka's
Paris-based
spokesman
Massi,
and Le
Gaillard. Oh,
FrancAfrique.
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