Alleged coup: Rwanda bolsters force in car as rebels 'held back' - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 21, 2020
UN peacekeepers have said the rebel advance has been halted.
Mr Bozize has been barred from a presidential election due on Sunday.
Russia has also sent “several hundred soldiers and heavy weapons” to the country to support the government, the AFP news agency quotes a CAR government spokesman as saying.
The spokesman, Ange Maxime Kazagui, said the Russian forces were invited as part of bilateral agreements, AFP reports.
The number of additional Rwandan soldiers deployed has not been given but the defence ministry said the operation was done “under existing bilateral agreements” with CAR.