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Bangui, Central African head of state has visited the base of the military force of the European Union EUFOR RCA, to which Italy participates with a contingent of the Army.

The president had already been in Bangui for the inauguration of the bridge Unit two weeks before and built by engineers of the 2nd Alpini Regiment. During the visit, the highest authority Central met the quotas that constitute EUFOR RCA.
At the booth Italian – after exposure of the means of the genius and the weapon system mounted on armored Hitrole Lynx – the President thanked the engineers for the construction of the bridge which allowed to bring together three zones divided by the conflict broke out in 2013, as well as for the rehabilitation of several streets of the capital and for the reclamation of the water network conducted last year by the 8th genius paratroopers.

The works produced by the mission in Bangui are vital for the pacification of the city beyond the security bubble still lives strong safety problems. The construction of new roads and infrastructure of the bridge link as allow you to make more usable and therefore safe arre of the city.

The Importance was emphasized at the end of the visit to the base by President Catherine Samba-Panza who greeted the Force Commander of the European, French General Jean-Marc Bacquet and representatives of 13 nations that constitute it, said “the acceptance of all European military by the population in parts of the capital where the relations between the different communities were critical, gained acceptance favoring dialogue to the systematic use of force. “

The educator Claudia Priest, 67, arrived in the Central African Republic January 6th would have to be two weeks in Bangui, during which he should present new projects and meet the local administration for the first time since the uprising against President François Bozizé in 2012 .

Dragged away brutally from his car by militians Anti-Balaka was held captive in difficult conditions with head injury without the possibility of medical care.

It is not the first case in the area, already a few days before he was kidnapped and later released twice an employee of the United Nations, held in the same neighborhood where he is believed to have been detained the cooperating French.

With these operations rebels anti-Balaka aim to secure the release of their leader and increase the ranks of their army, an action not planned but realized as immediate retaliation to the arrest.

The Bishop of Bangui led personally the delicate negotiations with the rebels and local authorities and managed to restore freedom the 67 year old Frenchman.

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The kidnapping of the cooperating French is part of an even more complex that includes the upcoming consultations preceding the political forum of Bangui which was planned with the intent to solicit a national reconciliation.

Meanwhile, the violence of the two warring factions, the Islamists Seleka and the so-called Christian militias Anti Balaka, seem to have no end putting in serious doubt the ability of the UN mission that despite the deployment of personnel and equipment can not keep control of areas of expertise.

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