Three Tanzanian peacekeepers were injured after their vehicle drove over an unidentified explosive device in the Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture 266 kilometres west of the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui.
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is paying the price for its involvement in the CAR.
Three of its peacekeepers were caught up in the blast from the landmine.
The accident occurred on Thursday morning at around 11am as their convoy was leaving Berberati for the force’s temporary military posts in Bambia and Amada-Gaza, some 100km away, the UN mission said.
One of the soldiers, seriously injured, was taken to the nearby town of Bouar for treatment before being evacuated to the capital.
This is the third time that MINUSCA peacekeepers have fallen victim to explosive devices in CAR, the force said Friday in a statement.
MINUSCA strongly condemns the use of explosive charges by armed groups in some parts of the Central African Republic, which have already caused dozens of deaths and injuries among the civilian population.
“Despite the difficult conditions our peacekeepers are facing on the ground, aggravated by the appearance of improvised explosive devices, MINUSCA remains resolutely determined to carry out its mandate for peace and stability in CAR,” said the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in CAR, Mankeur Ndiaye of Senegal.
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