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March 4, 2014

U.N. Proposes 12,000-Member Peacekeeping Force for Central African Republic 
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The United Nations has proposed a nearly 12,000-member peacekeeping
force for Central African Republic where sectarian conflict has raised
fears of a possible genocide. At least 2,000 people have died and more
than 700,000 have been displaced since December amid fighting between
Muslim rebels and Christian vigilantes. The European Union is preparing
to deploy hundreds of soldiers to join thousands of African and French
troops already on the ground.

 

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