THE
United Nations has asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to repatriate
its peacekeepers from the Central African Republic (CAR) after they
failed to meet UN standards, a spokesman said at the weekend.
The Congolese troops serving in the MINUSCA force underwent
two reviews by UN peacekeeping officials who found that they “only
partially” met UN requirements “in terms of equipment, vetting and
preparedness,” said spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
“In (the) light of this result, the battalion from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo currently deployed to MINUSCA will be
repatriated without replacement,” he said.
Last August, there were allegations that three peacekeepers from the
Democratic Republic of Congo had raped three young women in the town of
Bambari, northeast of the capital Bangui.
There are 807 troops and 118 police from the DR Congo serving in the 10,000-strong MINUSCA force.
The Central African Republic is struggling to recover from sectarian
violence that exploded after a 2013 coup, pitting mainly Muslim rebels
against Christian militias.
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