The UN Security Council has extended by one year an arms embargo against the Central African Republic.
The vote took place yesterday in New York among the 15 council members, with 14 votes in favour and an abstention by China.
France’s ambassador to the UN, Nicolas de Riviere said the move was important as the situation in CAR was “deteriorating”.
The Security Council imposed the arms embargo against the country in December 2013 when mainly Muslim Selaka rebels ousted then President Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias.
