On temporary islands in C.Africa, hundreds flee militia torture

[Article] Hundreds of displaced people from the Central African Republic fleeing anti-Balaka militias have settled in temporary makeshift homes along the isolated, transient shores of the Ubangi River. Many fishermen have stories of friends or family who have been kidnapped or ransomed while others have been forced to join the militia, through a bloody scarification ritual that they call "vaccination".

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 Every day, fisherman Mathias Kongba sets off across the Ubangi River on his canoe, hoping for a good catch. 
He's one of many displaced people in the Central African Republic. Hundreds have settled here on the river bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, 300 km downstream from Mathias'...
This article was published Monday, 15 October, 2018 by AFP (291 words)
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