BANGUI, Central African Republic, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- On Sunday, the African Union-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic transferred its peacekeeping duties to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon applauded the work of MISCA for having "saved and protected many lives, alongside the French Sangaris forces and the European Union Force in the Central African Republic."