Krista Larson

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, Muslims pray outside a building in the besieged town of Boda, Central African Republic. There is only one neighborhood in Boda where Muslims are safe from the bullets and machetes of Christian militia fighters. Those who venture out have been killed, their throats slit or their cars showered in gunfire. The town is home to one of the largest Muslim communities left in Central African Republic, though their plight is mirrored throughout the country. The about 4,000 Muslims who remain here are suffering in isolation and say they just want to leave for good after months of being targeted by the militiamen. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)

Thousands of Muslims stuck in C. African Republic

Krista Larson · March 29, 2014 10:44 am

C. African Republic town turns on Muslim leader

Krista Larson · March 5, 2014 2:42 pm

French president Francois Hollande, center, greets French troops as he arrives at the French military operation headquarters at M'Poko airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. It is Hollande's second trip to Bangui since the beginning of Operation Sangaris in December. Thousands of international troops dispatched to volatile Central African Republic are there to help keep the country from breaking apart, France's president said Friday, days after the French parliament voted to prolong the country's mission in its former colony wracked by violence between Christians and Muslims. (AP Photo/Frederic Lafargue)

France vows to prevent C. African Rep. breakup

Krista Larson · February 28, 2014 5:54 pm

C. African Republic orphans walk to refuge alone

Krista Larson · February 25, 2014 10:14 pm

In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, Muslims pray as they hide at a Catholic church in Carnot a town 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Cameroonian border, in, Central African Republic. The Christian militiamen knew hundreds of Muslims were hiding at the Catholic church and came with their ultimatum: Evict the families to face certain death or else the entire place would be burned to the ground. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)

Muslims seek refuge in C. African Republic church

Krista Larson · February 24, 2014 6:45 pm

70 Muslims killed in Central African Republic town

Krista Larson · February 24, 2014 4:39 pm

Marabou Husein Aba Ali reads prayers at the mosque at PK12, the last checkpoint at the exit of the town, Tuesday Feb. 11, 2014, where he and 3500 other Muslims have sought refuge from sectarian violence, awaiting for transport from Bangui, Central African Republic, to neighboring Chad. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Amnesty: Muslim exodus in CAR ‘ethnic cleansing’

Krista Larson · February 12, 2014 3:56 pm

A man suspected to be a Muslim Seleka militiaman lays wounded after being stabbed by newly enlisted FACA (Central African Armed Forces) soldiers moments after Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza addressed the troops in Bangui Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014. The man died later after being lynched by hundreds of recruits using knifes, bricks and foot blows to the head. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Future of C. African Republic Muslims imperiled

Krista Larson · February 8, 2014 9:57 pm

C. African Republic child soldier killed by mob

Krista Larson · May 10, 2013 2:24 pm

FOR STORY : CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DIAMONDS - In this photo taken on Wednesday, April, 10, 2013, People await clients as they sell food staples at a street market in the town of Ndele, Central African Republic. Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic's president six weeks ago seem to be solidifying their control over the country's lucrative diamond industry and have even been selling some of the stones, according to reports from unidentified witnesses in the country's isolated and violent north. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)

In CAR, diamonds are a rebel’s best friend

Krista Larson · May 6, 2013 4:00 am

AQIM warns France, allies face threat after Mali

Krista Larson · April 18, 2013 10:47 pm

FILE - In this picture taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, Northern Mali. Chadian President Idriss Deby in an interview with French journalists that was posted online Monday April 15, 2013 said his country's troops are pulling out of Mali three months after the French-led mission to oust al-Qaida-linked militants began, raising concerns about the future of war in the absence of the fierce Chadian desert fighters. The drawdown of Chadian forces comes days after a suicide bombing killed three Chadian soldiers.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay-File)

Chad’s leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war

Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson · April 16, 2013 4:00 am