{"id":49133,"date":"2014-04-04T16:10:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=49133"},"modified":"2014-04-04T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:11:18","slug":"chad-troops-withdrawal-in-car-pull-out-central-africa-republic-news-49133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/chad-troops-withdrawal-in-car-pull-out-central-africa-republic-news-49133\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Troops Withdrawal in CAR: Chad Troops to Pull Out of the Central Africa Republic \/ Africa News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chad-troops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49145\" title=\"Chad troops\" alt=\"Chad troops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chad-troops.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chad-troops.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chad-troops-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chad-troops-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chad-troops-540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Chadian authorities have said that the country is pulling its peacekeepers from the African Union mission in the Central African Republic.<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Chad said it is necessary for the country to take the decision because of the false allegations that its troops in the peacekeeping mission in the Central Africa Republic aided rebels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There were allegations from the interim government of the Central Africa Republic last week that the Chadian soldiers support the Muslim Seleka rebels whose seizure power last year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Seleka rebels led by Micheal Djotodia ousted President Francois Bozize last year in a bloody battle but the country continued to be in turmoil, forcing Micheal Djotodia to resign in a deal brokered by regional and international leaders. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Last weekend, Chadian forces were blamed for the deaths of 24 people in the capital, Bangui. The troops, however, said they were responding to an attack launched by the Christian anti-balaka militias.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A statement from the Chadian foreign ministry said its troops had been criticized falsely despite their sacrifices in stabilizing the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8220;Despite the sacrifices we have made, Chad and Chadians have been targeted in a gratuitous and malicious campaign that blamed them for all the suffering in Central Africa Republic,&#8221; the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Chadian troops make up a sizeable number of the African Union&#8217;s contingent in Central Africa Republic. It has some 850 soldiers making up the 6,000 African Union Peacekeeping Mission in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Recently, thousands of Muslims in the country have fled to neighboring Chad and Cameroon after being targeted by Christian militias, the anti-balaka. Chad has been very instrumental in providing security to these fleeing Muslims.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that the Christian anti-balaka militia killed at least 72 Muslim men and boys in the month of February alone.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The United Nations says the conflict has driven a million people out of their homes and further estimates that about 2.6 million people need urgent humanitarian aid in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Issaka Adams \/ NationalTurk Africa News<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Writer\u2019s Email Address: Ad&#97;&#109;si&#115;s&#107;a&#64;goo&#103;&#108;em&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;om<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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