Central African Republic needs many more peacekeepers - EU


Fruit juice vendors prepare a drink in Bangui, Central African Republic, November 27, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Central African Republic needs up to four times more peacekeepers than are currently deployed to quell the worsening sectarian conflict and provide security for aid workers, the European Union's top humanitarian official said.

The country has descended into chaos since the Seleka coalition of rebels, many of them from neighbouring Chad and Sudan, ousted President Francois Bozize in March.

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