The peacekeepers in blue helmets from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is reported Saturday will be sent back home from the soil of the Central African Republic after they failed an internal assessment.
According to UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, the troops have not been able to prove their readiness for deployment. They are not showing any improvement on a previous deployment.
Dujarric adds the troops partially meet the requirements in terms of equipment, vetting as well as preparedness.
The troops are currently deployed by MINUSCA and they will be repatriated without any further replacement.
The announcement comes after first round of presidential elections and further allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers in the country.
The Congolese peacekeepers were first time accused of raping three female civilians last year in August and one of the rapes included a minor.
The Congolese Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe then announced the allegations would be investigated.
As of now it is not very clear whether the sending back of the Congolese peacekeepers from CAR was due to the allegations that further intensified last week.
There are 809 Congolese troops in CAR apart from 123 police from the country. In total there are 11,000 UN peacekeeping force and called as MINUSCA.
Once the transition back to democracy is completed in the former French colony, Paris too plans of decreasing the number of its troops which were originally number around 2,000.
Run-off presidential vote will be held on January 31 in the country.
