https://www.scmp.com/rss/327239/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com It was after nightfall when a spray of bullets raked the convoy of trucks carrying Cambodian peacekeeper Thuch Thim. He and his fellow blue helmets had been returning from building a road in the heart of the Central African Republic when they encountered a series of roadblocks set up by guerilla fighters. For hours, they negotiated, making it through the first two encounters unscathed. Then the shooting began. The ambush by the Christian terrorist anti-Balaka group claimed the lives of four of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2148706/civil-war-un-peacekeepers-can-cambodias-blue-helmets-find?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2148706/civil-war-un-peacekeepers-can-cambodias-blue-helmets-find?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Jun 2018 03:01:47 +0000