Thousands flee fighting in Central African Republic

The number of people fleeing violence in the Central African Republic has doubled in just a week according to the United Nations as post-election violence continues. We hear from charity organisation, MSF or Doctors without Borders which has been receiving many of them.

Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni reportedly in the lead after 40 percent count of the vote is counted in Uganda’s presidential elections but some from his cabinet and NRM party have lost their seats in parliament.

And Nigerian artists are putting together Africa’s “biggest” canvas painting to promote peace.

(A refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) receives hand sanitiser before she can get on the bus at a refugee camp in Gado, Cameroon, on December 2, 2020, before returning to CAR. Credit: Photo by Getty Images)