Il Segretario Generale dell’Onu Antonio Guterres ha fortemente condannato il recente attacco contro la Missione di stabilizzazione delle Nazioni Unite nella Repubblica Centrafricana (MINUSCA). Lunedì il convoglio della missione Onu è stato attaccato dalla milizia Anti-Balaka nei pressi del villaggio di Yogofongo, a 20 chilometri dalla città sud-orientale del paese di Bangassou. “Il segretario generale condanna fermamente l’attacco perpetrato l’8 maggio sull’asse Rafai-Bangassou, a sud-est della Repubblica Centrafricana, che ha provocato la morte di quattro peacekeepers, mentre altri dieci sono stati evacuati a Bangui” si legge in una nota in cui Guterres si dice vicino alle famiglie delle vittime e ai governi di provenienza del personale della Missione. Gli scontri tra musulmani e cristiani sono in atto fin dal colpo di Stato del 2013, quando i ribelli musulmani Seleka hanno preso il controllo nel Paese a maggioranza cristiana, rovesciando allora il presidente Francois Bozize, al governo dal 2003.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the recent deadly attack against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). On Monday, the convoy of the UN mission was attacked by Anti-Balaka militia near the village of Yogofongo, located 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) from the country’s south-eastern city of Bangassou. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on 8 May, on the Rafai-Bangassou axis, in the south east of the Central African Republic. The attack led to the death of four peacekeepers while ten others have been evacuated to Bangui. One peacekeeper is still missing,” the statement said on Tuesday. The statement added that Guterres offered his condolences to the bereaved families, as well as to the governments of countries, where the killed peacekeepers were from. The African nation has been suffering from sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians since the 2013 coup, when Muslim Seleka rebels seized control in the majority-Christian country, overthrowing then-President Francois Bozize, who had ruled the state since 2003. Anti-Balaka militias, composed primarily of Christians, have been conducting violent actions in the Central African Republic since 2013.