9 December 2013 Last updated at 19:22 ET The US is to help fly African Union peacekeeping troops into the Central African Republic, officials say. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered US forces "To begin transporting forces from Burundi to the Central African Republic," his spokesman said in a statement. "In the near term, France has requested airlift support to enable African forces to deploy promptly to prevent the further spread of sectarian violence in the Central African Republic," he said. France said on Saturday that the African Union would increase the size of its existing force of 2,500 peacekeepers to 6,000.
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