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Gun battles in Central African Republic cripple access to healthcare

By Tom Esslemont

BAMBARI, Central African Republic, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After gunmen burned down her village in scrubland of Central African Republic's Ouaka region, Marceline Wanou fled into the forest with her two young sons, hoping to return in a few days.

Nine months later Wanou has yet to go back, spending six months struggling to survive in the forest until a team of aid workers in July discovered her and 350 other members of her community, badly malnourished with many barely able to walk.

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