U.N. agencies are intensifying efforts to assist civilians uprooted by the increasing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), reported to number more than 100,000 in the capital alone, bringing the total number of people displaced since the conflict started a year ago to over 500,000. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said an estimated 108,000 people were staying in 30 locations across Bangui after being displaced by heavy fighting between former Seleka rebels and other militia groups, including the anti-Balaka, last Thursday. "This brings to more than half a million the total number of people displaced within CAR since the crisis began in December 2012," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told reporters in Geneva.
