The Conflict Between The Seleka And The Central African Republic

Conflict. There is no getting around the idea of conflict. We live in a world were conflict occurs on a daily basis between different religious groups or even between two countries that do not see eye to eye on certain matters. Countries and religious groups want to be supreme and the top dogs on the social, economic and physical levels. They are willing to do whatever it takes to get this power and more often than not, violence is used to achieve this power. An example of conflict happening right now in our world is the dispute involving the Central African Republic.

The conflict between the anti-balaka (Christian militia members) and the Seleka (Muslim rebel militia members) is said to have begun in September of 2102, which was when the Seleka group started to gain momentum and power. In March of 2013, the Seleka rebel militia overthrew President François Bozizé (who was a Christian). The Seleka leader, Michel Djotodia took over and became the first Muslim president of the Central African Republic. Although Djotodia attempted to dissolve the radical Seleka group after their victory, the group refused to disband. Although this group was not a particularly religious group, they were made up of mostly Muslims. These Muslims spent most of their time going from town to town and destroying villages, killing Christians and anyone who supported former President François Bozizé. The anti-balaka group has been around since the 1990s and was initially created as a village self-defense force to protect villages from danger. It was not until recently that they had any issues with the Seleka. The two sides continued and still are fighting back and forth between one another and the violence has escalated to include attacking citizens and in...

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...here the Muslims are coming from and it seems like a natural reaction to me to want revenge on a group that is persecuting your people

I have also found an article about this situation in the Al Jazeera, which is a Muslim news organization. In the article, I discovered the information and data matches up fairly well with the articles found in The Guardian, which is a daily newspaper that is printed in Great Britain. In both articles, the Muslim people are depicted as the ones who are being persecuted and forced to move from their towns and villages. So my feelings on this issue are that the media is at least being consistent in what they are showing. I feel that since a pro Muslim news organization like Al Jazeera is giving the same information and has the same general opinion as a more Christian news source in The Guardian, then the issue is being fairly depicted.