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Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Photo: MINUSCA

Two Moroccan UN Peacekeepers Killed in C. Africa Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2017 | World

Kinshasa- Suspected Christian militiamen killed two Moroccan peacekeepers from the United Nations mission in Central African Republic on Tuesday, the mission said, in the second deadly attack on Moroccan forces this week. The peacekeepers were ambushed by suspected...

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French Sangaris troops patrol in an armored personnel carrier (APC) as a schoolboy passes by, in Bangui, the Central African capital, on July 13, 2014. (AFP Photo/Pacome Pabandji)

Central African leader appeals for ceasefire as talks open in Congo

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2014 | World

Reuters, Brazzaville—The Central African Republic’s interim president appealed on Monday to Muslim Seleka rebels and ‘anti-balaka’ Christian militia to agree a ceasefire at the start of talks in the neighboring Congo Republic. The three-day forum in...

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President of Senegal Macky Sall arrives for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Africa facing terrorism “storm”—Senegalese president

by Hatim Betioui | Jun 20, 2014 | World

Dakar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Senegalese President Macky Sall has warned that Africa is facing a mounting terrorism crisis, particularly citing the threat of militant group Boko Haram, saying that the continent is in the “heart of the storm.” Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat from...

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A member of the French Mobile Gendarmerie patrols in Bangui’s 1st district on April 9, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA)

UN approves force for Central African Republic

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2014 | World

United Nations, AP—The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a nearly 12,000-strong UN peacekeeping force for Central African Republic, which has been torn by mounting violence between Christians and Muslims. The 10,000 UN troops and 1,800 police will take...

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Aid workers unload food to be distributed at a camp for people displaced by the recent unrest, at the Mpoko international airport of Bangui February 12, 2014. The United Nations estimates that 1.3 million people – more than a quarter of the population – are in need of urgent food aid after months of communal violence that French and African peacekeepers have been unable to stop. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)

Mass grave found in Central African Republic; UN warns of “cleansing”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 13, 2014 | World

Bangui, Reuters—A top UN official warned on Wednesday of “ethnic–religious cleansing” in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at a military camp occupied by Muslim Seleka rebels in the capital Bangui. The atrocity is the...