UN Extends Mission of CAR Peacekeeping Force to November 2017

EVENT SUMMARY On Tuesday 26th July 2016, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolved through voting to extend peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR) till November 2017. The move to have the mission’s mandate extended was prompted by the election of the new president Faustin-Archange Touadera and the French military operation codenamed Sangaris which...