{{Chadian Troops have announced they will withdraw from Central African Republic which has been engulfed with a civil war which has culminated into a near genocide.}}
The Withdraw notice was confirmed by a Chadian diplomat. Chad has contributed roughly 850 troops to the 6,000-strong African Union peacekeeping mission.
Rwanda is also among countries that have contributed troops to strengthen the African Union Peacekeeping Force.
Chad a predominantly islamic country said through the country’s foreign Ministry, “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 CAR.”
The mainly Christian anti-balaka militias have been accused of spearheading violence against Muslim communities.
Mostly Muslim Seleka seized power in March 2013 but was forced to step aside in January after failing to stem violence that U.N. experts have warned pushed the country close to genocide.
About 1 million people were displaced by the violence. At least 2,000 people have been killed since December alone.
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