Central African Republic clergy urge faster UN deployment of peace force
Religious leaders, playing an ever expanding role in the troubled Central African Republic, are urging reinforcements for an existing peace mission, even as the United Nations prepares to roll out a bigger one in September.
On April 10, the UN voted unanimously to deploy 12,000 peacekeepers to the country, where chaos linked to Christian and Islamist militias’ revenge attacks is continuing. Already, France has 2,000 soldiers in its former colony, joining 6,000 African Union forces.
In welcoming the UN announcement, African religious leaders urged immediate support for the existing mission to prevent the country from sliding further into chaos.
