In an article published in the New York Times Thursday,
April 3, Somini Sengupta and Alan Cowell discuss how Chad will be pulling
troops from Central Africa. Chad was part of an African Union-led peacekeeping
force. The benefit for Chad pulling out troops is that the United Nations does
not have to make the decision on whether or not they should use Chadian forces
as part of an upcoming mission. However, with Chad no longer an option for the
United Nations to use, they have to find additional troops. Additional troops
will be hard to come by since there are several peacekeeping missions worldwide
that are still struggling to fill their ranks. Chad has been accused of siding
with Muslim militias over Christian fighters. Recently Chadian troops were
reported to have killed dozens of people, but said their actions were
self-defense against an attack by Christian militants. All of the violence from
the Chadian and Muslim Militants has forced almost 640,000 people to flee their
homes. “Chad is crucial to the United Nations peacekeeping efforts elsewhere,”
but seems to be apart of the violence in the Central African Republic.
-Monique Martinez
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