By Mirjam Donath UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - As a recent ceasefire deal boosts prospects for peace in Central African Republic, a key medical aid group warned on Thursday that malaria was the leading killer in the impoverished landlocked country. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said it had seen a jump in cases in Central African Republic, where violence between Christian militia and Muslim rebels has killed thousands of people and forced a million from their homes. "What was already an extremely fragile state with an essentially non-existent health system, Central African Republic has devolved into a nightmare of even greater proportions," said Sylvain Groulx, head of MSF in Central African Republic who began working in the country in 2003. Central African Republic has been gripped by violence since Seleka, a coalition of mainly Muslim rebels, seized power in March 2013.
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