April 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Valentine Rugwabiza, has conveyed her condolences to the Central African Government for a shipwreck of a wooden barge that took place on Friday and left around 60 dead. .
“Rugwabiza has learned with deep emotion of the tragedy that occurred on April 19 after the sinking of a whaling vessel in the Oubangui River. We present our condolences to the affected families, the Government and the Central African people, and we wish a speedy recovery to the injured “says a statement.
Likewise, the UN special representative has reiterated “the availability and solidarity of the entire United Nations system in the Central African Republic to support the assistance announced to the families.”
The day before, the president of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, showed his “solidarity” after the sinking “which “caused several deaths and injuries”, expressing his “deepest condolences to the families affected by this terrible tragedy “.
The ambassador of the European Union in the country, Douglas Darius Carpenter, said he felt “horrified” to learn “of the high number of victims” in the shipwreck. “All our solidarity with the emergency services and volunteers,” he added.
