How long will French troops stay in CAR?

French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says that pacifying the Central African Republic will be more difficult than France's intervention in Mali because identifying the enemy will not be nearly as simple. Aline Leboeuf, an Africa analyst at Paris thinktank Ifri, believes France may be in the Central African Republic for the long haul.

French soldiers patrol on military trucks on the streets in Bangui , 10 ecember, 2013 Reuters/Emmanuel Braun

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