Africa: Landmine blast injures Bangladeshi peacekeepersSeriously injured were helicoptered to nearby town hospital, says UN missionby Tamanna Sajeed Published: Sat 1 Jan 2022, 7:35 PMThree Bangladeshi peacekeepers were injured when their vehicle drove over a mine in Central African Republic’s troubled northwest, the UN mission said Saturday. Two were seriously hurt in Friday’s incident in Bohong in Ouham-Pende province more than 500 kilometres (310 miles) from the capital Bangui, the MINUSCA mission said. Mines have killed eight people, including two women and a five-year-old child, in the restive northwest since August, according to MINUSCA. In recent months, the long-running conflict between rebels and government forces has switched gears, with armed groups driven out of the main cities increasingly resorting to guerrilla tactics, including laying mines. After several years of a simmering continuation of the civil war that erupted in 2013, recent months have seen a spike in violence.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 02, 2022 02:01 UTC