But he wasn’t dealing with wife troubles; it was more life-threatening, and he survived thanks to heavy-handed intervention by East Africans. This time, though, a United Nations peacekeeping force, the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (Minusca) had been well-established in the country. Rwanda already had a force in CAR, but it was under the UN. The Rwandan peacekeeping force was pondering the do-nothing orders, when the rebels gifted them, attacking its convoy that was delivering breakfast to its troops in the north of the capital. Unrestrained by the restrictions placed on its UN counterparts, the Rwandan force scorched the rebels.

Source: Daily Nation March 15, 2022 22:09 UTC