authorizing the deployment of close to 12,000 peacekeepers to the war-torn Central African Republic. The UN Security Council authorized the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) through April 30, 2015.A sectarian conflict has gripped the country since a March 2013 coup which saw Muslim Seleka rebels seize power. It is unclear when peacekeeping troops will be deployed. Credit: United Nations">