UN to boost security presence in CAR
Security Council approves troop deployment to protect UN staff amid tensions in landlocked African country.
Published On 30 Oct 2013
The UN Security Council has given the go-ahead for troops to go into Central African Republic to protect a UN political mission there. The landlocked, mineral-rich nation has been mired in chaos since rebels seized the capital in March. The move may be the start of a much larger peace-keeping operation.
Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the United Nations in New York.
Source: Al Jazeera