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