The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has confirmed the death of the Moroccan peacekeeper previously reported as missing following an ambush by the Anti-Balaka rebels on May 8, 2017 in southeastern CAR. The attack on the MINUSCA convoy left a total of five peacekeepers dead, 4 Cambodians and 1 Moroccan, following a firefight between them and the anti-Balaka rebels. In this regards, they called on authorities of Central African Republic to bring the perpetrators of this heinous attack before justice. The President of the UN General Assembly Peter Thomson arrived in CAR and showed solidarity with the MINUSCA peacekeepers in a hospital in Bangui. The ceremony will be presided over by UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in the presence of the highest Central African authorities.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 12, 2017 15:33 UTC