.05/09/2014. Bangui. Central African Republic.
Une patrouille de l’armÃÂée franÃÂçaise pendant l’operation Sangaris dans Bangui.

A French army patrols Bangui, as part of the French Sangaris force. Since April 2014, the French Sangaris Operation’s official role is to help support the realisation of the MISCA peacekeeping mandate, which in September was formally rehatted into a UN peacekeeping force (MINUSCA – the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic.)

In pursuit of its mandate, MINUSCA has an authorized strength of 10,000 military and 1,820 police personnel. The Security Council also mandated the deployment of child protection advisors to support the protection of children affected by armed conflict. However, as of November 2014, only around 8,000 uniformed personnel has been deployed, and only one of the 12 planned child protection advisor posts has been filled, placing severe limits on the missionâÃÂÃÂs capacity to fulfil its protection mandate.