Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor, Featured on Press TV's Top Five: 'CAR Crisis Needs Political Solution'

‘CAR crisis needs political solution’

Interview with Abayomi Azikiwe

Tue Jan 7, 2014 10:46AM GMT

To watch this interview with Abayomi Azikiwe over Press TV's Top Five just click on the website below:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/01/07/344225/car-crisis-needs-political-solution/

Press TV has conducted an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan African News Wire from Detroit, to discuss the crisis in the Central African Republic.

What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Mr. Azikiwe just how serious is the crisis in the Central African Republic, despite claims of France coming there to restore stability?

Azikiwe: The presence of the French troops inside of the Central African Republic, as well as their allies, has worsened the political and security situation inside the country and this, of course, is extremely unfortunate because France did not have a larger geopolitical strategy in regard to dealing with the situation inside the Central African Republic.

So therefore as a result of this confusion that is going on inside the country now, France in fact has called upon additional forces within the United Nations Security Council, to dispatch additional United Nations troops into the country. But this is not going to solve the problem because right now it is reported that over two million have been displaced as a result of the violence.

So there needs to be a political solution to the crisis.

Press TV: And of course speaking of those two million people who are in need of aid and of course being displaced. I mean what will happen to these refugees and of course what would the impact be on the neighboring countries?

Azikiwe: Well this is a role that the United Nations could play if they have a political settlement inside of the country. This has to rely, of course, on the various groups inside of the Central African Republic itself, the government of President Michel Djotodia as well as the ousted President Francois Bozize, who was overthrown back in March as well as the anti-Balaka forces, in addition to the Seleka Coalition.

All these forces have to be brought together, presumably through the African Union to reach some type of a political settlement. There is no real military solution to this crisis.

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