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STORY: CAR / TOUADERA
TRT: 01:40
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / SANGO / NATS
DATELINE: 19 JANUARY 2018, PAOUA, CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC
19 JANUARY 2018, PAOUA, CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC
1. Wide shot, arrival of Faustin Arcange Touadera, President of Central African Republic
2. Wide shot, Parfait Onanga Anyanga, Chief of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
3. Med shot, Touadera inspecting guard of honor at Paoua airport
4. Wide, local population walking around neighbourhood
5. Med shot, elderly women sitting under tree
6. Med shot, residents conversing with each other
7. Wide shot, President Touadera visiting internally displaced people
8. SOUNDBITE (SANGO) Faustin Arcange Touadera, President, Central African Republic:
"I come to tell the armed groups that the harm they are doing to their neighbours is not normal at all. We must stop! It has to stop! The armed groups of Armel Sayo and Bahar must stop! It is not you who will protect the people and the country."
9. Various shots, internally displaced people (IDP)
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Parfait Onanga Anyanga, Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
"The commitments made by the Head of State will be fulfilled. We will help him to ensure that this region is rid of all those who caused death and desolation in Paoua and the surrounding areas for the people to regain the tranquillity and peace they deserve."
11. Various shots, President Touadera speaking to internally displaced people
Central African President Faustin Archange Touadera visited the town of Paoua on Friday which has recently been plagued by violence.
Paoua has witnessed fighting fighting between the Revolution and Justice (RJ) armed group, responding to the authority of Armel Ningatoloum Sayo, and the National Movement for the Liberation of Central Africa under the command of Mahamat Bahar since last December.
Touadera was accompanied by the Head of the UN mission in the country (MINUSCA) Parfait Onanga-Anyanga. The President said he had come to “tell the armed groups that the harm they are doing to their neighbours is not normal at all.” He called on the groups to end the violence adding “It is not you who will protect the people and the country.”
MINUSCA said it is working closely with the government to investigate the facts and prosecute the perpetrators. MINUSCA chief Parfait Onanga-Anyanga said the commitments made by the President “will be fulfilled.” He said MINUSCA would “help him to ensure that this region is rid of all those who caused death and desolation in Paoua and the surrounding areas for the people to regain the tranquillity and peace they deserve."
MINUSCA said clashes between armed groups have displaced more than 60,000 people and caused a serious humanitarian crisis in the area.
