{{The fifth humanitarian and commercial goods convoy escorted by Rwanda peacekeepers in Central African Republic (CAR) to the CAR-Cameroon border, Beloko locality returned on 18th March 2014 to Bangui.}}
The peacekeepers rescued 282 Muslim civilians from Ant-Balaka armed group and safely transported them to the CAR-Cameroon border where they crossed to Cameroon.
The humanitarian convoy termed as “Convoi de l’espoir” (convoy of hope) by France 24 began their trip from Bangui on 15 March 2014. In the previous humanitarian escorts, Rwanda peacekeepers saved and rescued about 3000 fleeing Muslims from several attacks by Anti-Balaka armed mobs.
RwaMechBatt1 peacekeepers first opened the 700 km humanitarian Corridor on 27 January 2014.
Bangui and CAR had been cut off from supplies by armed groups controlling the Bangui-Cameroon main supply route that connects it to the sea port of Douala in Cameroon.
Leave a Reply