The peacekeepers have been deployed in the west of the Central African Republic to prevent armed groups "
from disrupting the
presidential and legislative
elections
" scheduled for December 27, the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (Minusca) said in a statement released Friday.
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At least three of the largest armed groups occupying two-thirds of the Central African Republic have threatened to attack President Faustin Archange Touadéra's power if the latter organizes fraud, as they accuse him, to obtain a second term.