Operation Sangaris

Operation Sangaris
Part of the Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present)

French troops positioned in Bangui on 22 December 2013.
Date5 December 2013 – 30 October 2016 (2 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Central African Republic
Result

Operation success [citation needed]

  • France claim to have succeeded in its mission to stop fighting in C.A.R.
  • Some 350 French soldiers to remain in the country to assist MINUSCA
Belligerents
 France

Séléka

Anti-balaka
Commanders and leaders

Commandant:

Unknown
Strength
2,000 men[2] (up from an initial 1,600)[3] Unknown
Casualties and losses
3 killed Unknown
Map of forces deployed in C.A.R. in 2014

Operation Sangaris was a French military intervention in the Central African Republic, from late 2013 till 2016. It was the seventh French military intervention there since the country gained independence from France in 1960.[4] On 30 October 2016, France announced it was officially ending Operation Sangaris.[5]

  1. ^ http://www.defense.gouv.fr/english/content/view/full/362485 [dead link‍]
  2. ^ Le Figaro : La France envoie 400 soldats supplémentaires en Centrafrique
  3. ^ "Centrafrique : L'opération Sangaris comptera 1.600 militaires français pour désarmer les milices". 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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  5. ^ "Sangaris mission in CAR officially ends on October 30". 29 October 2016 – via Africa News.