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Synopsis
Among all the permanent members of the United Nations, France has been one of the most active in participating or initiating wars or peacekeeping activities. Since France has changed their previous president Nicholas Sarkozy, to the new president, Hollande has been very busy especially in Africa. One of the major actions that they’ve been involving in their presence in the Central Africa Republic was the political trouble has turned into a religion civil war.

The Civil War
President Francois Bozize who was removed from power by coup d’état, was replaced by a Muslim president. His change of government didn’t change much of the country’s situation of war. The Militias group named Seleka, supported by the Muslims, took power by force and installed another government of their own. As the trouble continued, violence increased so badly, some people in the country found refuge in an abandoned Airport and neighboring countries. The war took another face becoming an ethnic religious civil war between Muslims and Christians. The Murder became so horrid that France, which is the colonizer of the country decided to intervene [2].

France's intervention
Since 2011, France has intervened in four African countries: in Ivory Coast, on a joint mission in Libya,Mali, and now Central African Republic. In December 20, 2013, The French president Francois Hollande has addressed the United Nations to play a bigger role in the Central African Republic. The government of France has sent 1,600 peacekeeping soldiers to face a mission in Central African Republic to stop the massacre between Muslim and Christian militias; however the U.N. is struggling to restore peace in the country [1].

President Hollande doesn't want France to be the first, and only, responder to emergencies in Africa. France tried over several months to not intervene in Central African Republic. Hollande announced to change the role of France as the savior to assistant at an African Union summit in Ethiopia in May 2013, saying it is Africans who must assure their own security. Many African officials agree on the idea, though details have not received approval. France is pushing for the African Union to make a decision as quick as possible in the coming months, and promised at the weekend summit to provide equipment and train up to 20,000 African troops a year [5].

Call of Rescue
The African Union operation was planning to reach 6,000 troops by late January but analysts say it will be possible with the help of a U.N.[4] peacekeeping mission to deploy. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was preparing a proposal for a possible U.N. mission. Scores of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Bangui to complain that French forces were disarming only Muslim Seleka fighters, exposing Muslim citizens to revenge attacks by Christian groups. France has formally denied this allegation. Hollande said he had told Ban the French troops were there to protect the civilian population without discrimination.

The French president has been trying to ask from the U.N. and the European Union to join him in his effort to bring peace in Africa, even the president of United States of America is reluctant to do so. Some European countries can’t define the real role that they can play in joining France in Central African Republic [3].