Zuma pulls out CAR troops

04 April 2013 - 08:04
By Sapa-AFP
COMBAT: Armed South African
       soldiers chat with a man near Begoua, 17 km from  the  capital Bangui,
       last Saturday. Rebels in the CAR
       seized control of the 
       capital Bangui, 
       forcing President Francois Bozize to flee.  
      PHOTO: REUTERS
COMBAT: Armed South African soldiers chat with a man near Begoua, 17 km from the capital Bangui, last Saturday. Rebels in the CAR seized control of the capital Bangui, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee. PHOTO: REUTERS

SOUTH African troops will pull out of the Central African Republic, President Jacob Zuma told a regional summit on the post-coup crisis yesterday.

"President Zuma has decided to withdraw the South African forces deployed in Bangui," Chadian president Idriss Deby said, adding that Zuma was ready to provide troops in the future if necessary.

Thirteen soldiers were killed in the battle for Bangui.