Euloge Doctrouvé Koi, a social activist and leader of the Central African Synergy organization, has called on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, to fight rebels, rather than cooperate with them.
MINUSCA is a UN peacekeeping mission, which started on April 10, 2014, to protect Central African Republic civilians under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
Speaking at a press conference during the weekend, Koi accused MINUSCA contingents of serious violations, as per Centrafrique.
Koi highlighted the brutal crimes committed by military groups in the country since the beginning of 2024.
According to him, “Despite these crimes occurring in close proximity to the peacekeepers, they remained inactive, raising suspicions of their complicity with rebels.”
“The scandal surrounding the MINUSCA contingents in the southeast of the country intensified with the testimony of Hissen Issa, a former FPRC fighter now in custody.
“Issa revealed the close cooperation between the Moroccan contingent of MINUSCA and the FPRC and UPC.
“According to him, the group exchanged gold for weapons and ammunition with the Moroccan soldiers from MINUSCA.
“He also mentioned their role in escalating the conflict between Muslims and Christians in the Haut-Mbomou prefecture.
“To support his claims, Koi presented a video of Issa discussing the interaction between the FPRC and the Moroccan contingent of MINUSCA.
“He also showed a photograph of Issa, then a fighter of the FPRC, sitting alongside Moroccan peacekeepers wearing blue helmets.”
Koi, therefore, expressed his intention to send letters to UN representatives and international experts, seeking their attention to the crimes associated with the cooperation between MINUSCA and the militants.
He urged MINUSCA to genuinely protect civilian populations, aligning with the Defense and Security Forces and their Russian and Rwandan allies, rather than allowing lawless rebels to massacre them.
Central African Synergy tells MINUSCA to fight rebels, vows to write UN over alleged complicity