MINUSCA’s mission: strengthening State authority in Central Africa

The 2013 conflicts in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture of Bambouti in the Central African Republic, had a catastrophic impact that saw MINUSCA dispatch Rwandan peacekeepers and a special Bangladeshi force to assist Central African authorities in the restoration and expansion of state authority.

Marie Soukarani, Mayor of the Bambouti Sub-Prefecture, explained that “Since the arrival of these forces in the town, I have observed a positive…