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CAR / ALINDAO PATROL
STORY: CAR / ALINDAO PATROL
TRT: 2:11
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / SANGO / NATS
DATELINE: 31 JANUARY 2020, ALINDAO, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
1. Various shots, military patrol in Alindao
2. Various shots, walking patrol in Alindao
3. SOUNDBITE (SANGO), Mahamat Ali, a trader in Alindao
"MINUSCA is doing a good job. It conducts patrols with armoured vehicles in town. These patrols are excellent. There have been changes since they signed the Khartoum Peace Agreement; the situation is better. There is no more noise in the city; no one uses weapons to kill someone; there is no more disorder or fighting."
4. Various shots, a shop
5. Wide shot, main avenue in Alindao
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Victor Ouiyabona, Alindao Prefect:
"The security situation has improved significantly, which is why, as you can see, traffic and activities have resumed."
7. Various shots, Alindao town
8. SOUNDBITE (Sango), Oumar Adji, District Chief:
"Since the signing of this peace agreement, there have been changes in the city of Alindao. For example, people did not go far to cultivate, but now they can get out of town. Before the signing of this agreement, people could not travel or move around. Now they can go outside of Alindao to buy goods and come back to sell them here."
9. Wide shot, a UN armoured vehicle in Alindao
10. Various shots, Alindao town
11. Various shots, Central African flag
The peace agreement signed in Bangui on February 6, 2019, enabled the Central African Armed Forces and the internal security forces to redeploy in several cities in the country, with the support of the UN Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
In Alindao, a locality which was for a long time the base of one of the armed groups signatory to the peace agreement in the South of the Central African Republic, a Minusca operation, with the collaboration of the Central African Armed Forces, allowed on February 1, the dismantling of illegal barriers erected by the UPC.
A trader in Alindao Mahamat Ali said, "MINUSCA is doing a good job. It conducts patrols with armoured vehicles in town. These patrols are excellent. There have been changes since they signed the Khartoum Peace Agreement; the situation is better. There is no more noise in the city; no one uses weapons to kill someone; there is no more disorder or fighting.”
Redeployment of civil and military public authorities in Alindao has led to an economic recovery that has revived this city, which has been battered by seven years of armed conflict.
Alindao prefect Victor Ouiyabona said, "the security situation has improved significantly, which is why, as you can see, traffic and activities have resumed.”
With the dismantling of the illegal barriers erected by the UPC, traders can once again use the main roads without being forced to pay illegal taxes.
A district chief Oumar Adji said, "since the signing of this peace agreement, there have been changes in the city of Alindao. For example, people did not go far to cultivate, but now they can get out of town. Before the signing of this agreement, people could not travel or move around. Now they can go outside of Alindao to buy goods and come back to sell them here.”
Despite the persistence of numerous violations, the 14 armed groups signatory to the peace agreement say they are committed to the treaty. They incur sanctions if they oppose the restoration of order and security throughout the territory.
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