DHAKA: Bangladesh UN peacekeeping members in mission get off the ground next week in the Central African Republic, one of Africa's most fragile states, despite questions over what peace there is to keep.

About 1,500 troops from Pakistan, Indonesia and Morocco, including Bangladesh, will join 4,800 African troops already on the ground who will be "re-hatted" to serve in the MINUSCA mission, reports the Channel News Asia early Friday.

It said that senior UN officials and CAR's President Catherine Samba-Panza are to attend a formal ceremony in Bangui on Monday to launch the UN's 9th mission in Africa and 16th worldwide.

However, the mission was set up in April, taking over from the African Union-led MISCA that was deployed alongside 2,000 French troops after a March 2013 coup plunged the country into bloodshed and chaos.

BDST: 0657 HRS, SEP 12, 2014