UN Approves European Troop Deployment to CAR

A contingent of about 500 European troops is being sent to assist French and African forces already stationed in the Central African Republic, which is in a state of unrest due largely to sectarian violence. The U.N. Security Council authorized the EU troop increase Tuesday.   The Security Council resolution calling for the EU troop deployment to the Central African Republic, where African Union and French forces are struggling to contain worsening fighting, was unanimously...

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