Source: Daily Sun
Three U.N. peacekeepers from Bangladesh were killed and a number of others were injured by a roadside bomb on Monday in the northwest of the Central African Republic, according to the U.N.
The incident took place in an area saturated with militia activity close to the settlement of Kaita and not far from the Cameroonian border
The peacekeeping agency MINUSCA said in a tweet late on Tuesday that “the battalion was carrying out a patrol… when 1 of its vehicles hit an explosive device.”
Although MINUSCA head Valentine Rugwabiza denounced “the use of explosive devices by armed groups,” no militia was specifically implicated for the attack. The explosion is the subject of an inquiry, according to MINUSCA
Since 2013 when then-president Francois Bozize was toppled by primarily Muslim Seleka rebels, the Central African Republic has been wracked by violence as a result of mostly Christian militias’ retaliation.
According to the U.N., more than a million people have been displaced by the fighting.
After a weak peace agreement was negotiated in February 2019 between the government and 14 armed factions, violence decreased, but the situation is still unstable because large areas of one of the world’s poorest countries remain ungoverned.
In 2014, UN peacekeepers were sent to CAR. According to the operation’s website, there are currently little over 14,200 uniformed members on the mission, and 147 people have died.
About MINUSCA (UN Initiative)
The Security Council authorised the deployment of MINUSCA, a multifaceted United Nations peacekeeping operation, on April 10, 2014 out of concern for the security, humanitarian, human rights, and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its implications for the region. MINUSCA’s top priority will be the protection of civilians. Along with supporting the transition process, it also initially supported the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and justice, as well as the processes of disarmament, demobilisation, reintegration, and repatriation.
On the day of its creation, MINUSCA absorbed the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA). In accordance with resolution 2149, the International Support Mission in the Central African Republic (MISCA), led by Africans, surrendered its power to MINUSCA on September 15, 2014. (2014).
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