Peacekeepers of Rwanda Mechanized Infantry Battalion (RwaMechBatt1) serving in the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), on 27 April 2014 escorted 1224 Internally Displaced Persons Muslims from Bangui, PK 12 neighborhood to Kaga-Bandoro in northern Central African Republic, 400 Km from Bangui.

The Peacekeepers were supporting International Organisation for Migration in the CAR by providing security to 22 trucks carrying 1224 Muslims leaving Bangui to Kaga-Bandoro to join their families.

The Internal Displaced Persons hope to have safety and improved living conditions once settled together with their families, nearby their farms in Kaga-Bandoro.

Last week, Rwandan Peacekeepers had escorted also IOM technical staff assess the establishment of a new camp in Kaga-Bandoro for the Muslims that left Bangui (PK12) on 27 April 2014.

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