CAR: UN warns of humanitarian disaster

The UN has warned that the Central African
Republic is heading toward a humanitarian disaster,
as people fleeing conflict pack into overcrowded
camps with poor sanitation.
It says measles has broken out at the airport in the
capital, Bangui, where about 100,000 people are
seeking refuge from clashes between rival militias.
Separately, reports that the president is to step
down have been denied.
Officials say that Michel Djotodia’s resignation is
not on the agenda.
President Djotodia’s spokesman told the BBC that
the president was on his way to neighbouring Chad
to “attend a regional summit, but not to resign”.
But the president’s failure to quell violence between
Christian and Muslim militias has prompted
speculation that he may indeed step down at the
summit.
“It’s finished for him now,” a source close to Mr
Djotodia was quoted as telling Reuters.
A senior diplomatic source in Paris and political
sources in Bangui told Reuters that regional leaders
led by Chad had run out of patience with President
Djotodia, who seized power in March as the head of
Muslim Seleka rebels.