Race against time to help thousands of Central African refugees
TWICE in his long life, 74-year-old Joseph had to flee conflict in the Central African Republic. When violence erupted ahead of the country's elections in December, he knew it would be a third. "There was war, so we had to flee. It is the third time I am fleeing my country. I am tired. At my age, you can imagine that I am not only tired but I feel despair and anguish," says Joseph wearily. He had previously fled his hometown of Bangassou, some 700 kilometres from the capital Bangui, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2013.…