MINURCAT boosts its military presence in the Sam Ouandja camp in the CAR

15 Jan 2010

MINURCAT boosts its military presence in the Sam Ouandja camp in the CAR

N'djamena 23 December 2009 – Some one hundred armed UFDR elements are currently deployed in the town of Sam Ouandja in the Haute Kotto district of the Central African Republic. Tensions in the area are running high following the grave road-cutting incidents of December 12-13 where three people were killed including two UFDR members. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Chad and the Central African Republic, Mr. Victor Angelo, travelled to Sam Ouandja on December 22nd, to assess the security situation and remind all parties of the humanitarian protection mandate for north-eastern CAR assigned to MINURCAT by the Security Council. >