By RFIPosted on 09-27-2019editing 27-09-2019 at 22:51
The Minusca is conducting an operation in the northwest of the country began Thursday against one of the signatory parties to the peace agreement, the 3Rs. The armed group led a punitive expedition in May, killing more than 40 civilian casualties in the Paoua region. The operation was still going on Friday, September 27th.
" The objective of this operation is to confine Sidiki in Koui for DDR and fight against its territorial expansion ," said a source in the Minusca. Despite political pressure, the source says no progress has been made . The movement continued to arm and recruit. " We could not wait, " she insists.
On the side of the 3R, the spokesman General Siwo declares not to understand the motivations of such an operation and regrets that it causes displacements of population.
A Minusca military source said that several positions of the 3R were recovered. But no human balance sheet has yet been transmitted. A meeting of the executive committee to monitor the peace agreement was held Friday in Bangui. Subject 3R has been widely discussed.
Many shortcomings on the part of the armed group have been noted, says a political actor including the blockage against the formation of the Special Joint Security Units. 3R group leader Sidiki Abass had resigned as military adviser for USMS in his area in early September.
On Friday, a Minusca helicopter participating in the operation had an accident in Bouar. Three peacekeepers died, another was seriously injured.
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