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Jul
12
2023
By The African Mirror
Attack on patrol kills one U.N. peacekeeper in Central African Republic

Attack on patrol kills one U.N. peacekeeper in Central African Republic

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A United Nations peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed on Monday in an attack on their patrol in northeast Central African Republic (CAR), the U.N. said. The attack took place 3 km (1.86 miles) from the town of Sam-Ouandja. Three of the assailants were killed and one captured during the attack, it said in a statement. U.N. peacekeepers were deployed to CAR in 2014 to help curb violence that broke out a year earlier when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted then-president Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias. No militia was directly blamed for the latest attack, which the peacekeeping…
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Sep
16
2021
By The African Mirror
SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: UN peacekeepers sent home

SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: UN peacekeepers sent home

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THE United Nations has sent home all 450 Gabonese troops from its peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic and opened an investigation after allegations of the sexual abuse of five girls, it has announced. The mission, known as MINUSCA, said the allegations related to unidentified Gabonese peacekeepers operating in the centre of the country. Gabon's defence ministry said it has also opened an inquiry. "If the allegations are proven to be true, the instigators will be put in front of a tribunal and judged with extreme rigor," the ministry said. Central African Republic, rich in diamonds, timber and gold, has…
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Dec
27
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election

U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election

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ANTOINE ROLLAND THREEE United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in the Central African Republic, the U.N. mission there has announced, as the government and its allies tried to fend off a rebel offensive ahead of Sunday's presidential and legislative elections. The Burundian peacekeepers were killed by unidentified assailants in Dekoa, about 200 km (125 miles) north of the capital Bangui, according to the U.N. mission, known as MINUSCA. Two more were injured, it said. Peacekeepers were also attacked by unknown assailants in Bakouma in the southwest of the country, MINUSCA added. The Central African Republic, which is rich in diamonds,…
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