CAR / LACROIX WOUNDED PEACEKEEPERS

Upon their arrival in capital Bangui for a four-day visit to the Central African Republic, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smaïl Chergui, visited Mauritanian peacekeepers wounded during the April 3rd attack on the temporary Minusca base in Tagbara, in the center of the country. MINUSCA

Description

STORY: CAR / LACROIX WOUNDED PEACEKEEPERS
TRT: 0:34
SOURCE: MINUSCA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 10 APRIL 2018, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Lacroix et Chergui take the salute of the troops at Minusca’s HQ
2. Medium shot, Minusca’s blue helmets
3. Wide shot, Lacroix and Chergui enter Minusca’s HQ hospital
4. Wide shot, Lacroix and Chergui enter the patient room
5. Various shots, Lacroix and Chergui speaking with wounded Mauritanian soldiers

Storyline

Upon their arrival in capital Bangui for a four-day visit to the Central African Republic, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smaïl Chergui, visited Mauritanian peacekeepers wounded during the April 3rd attack on the temporary Minusca base in Tagbara, in the center of the country.

One soldier was killed and eleven wounded among Mauritanian peacekeepers in the attack attributed to an armed group associated to Anti-Balaka.

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Production Date: 11 April 2018
• Creator: MINUSCA
• Alternate Title: unifeed180411b
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPERS
• Subject Name: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO; UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MINUSCA
• MAMS Id: 2126985
• Parent Id: 2126985