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January 29, 2014

U.N. Security Council Approves European Troop Deployment to Central African Republic 
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The U.N. Security Council has approved a new deployment of European
soldiers to the Central African Republic. The move comes amid continued
warnings the country's sectarian conflict between Christian and Muslims
could turn into a genocide. French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said
European forces will take control of a camp for displaced residents in
the capital of Bangui.

Gerard Araud: "We are starting, I think, to stabilize the situation, but
it's still very fragile. So we really do need the arrival of the
European forces because contingent for the moment has been largely
committed to the protection of the 100,000 IDPs who have taken refuge on
the airport; 100,000, which is really a city. So the European Union will
protect these people and it will allow the French forces to deploy more
strongly through the city of Bangui."

 

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