Portuguese peacekeepers battled for five hours to protect civilians and restore order after militants killed two police officers in the Central African Republic town of Bambari ahead of a scheduled visit by the country’s president on Thursday, January 10.
The attack came a day after President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced that the government would meet armed groups in African Union-brokered peace talks in Khartoum.
Members of the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) ex-Seleka militia and their allies carried out “various attacks” in the town early Thursday, a government statement said.
“Two policemen were killed and another was wounded,” Communications Minister Ange-Maxime Kazagui told AFP.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said it was treating 30 people for bullet wounds. MSF later said 26 people were still being treated but one person had died in hospital.
This Country has known no peace for decades since the House Of Bokassa took over na ni kama kuna kitu cha maana huko juu French wamekwamilia huko sana in the name of UN.
CAR has a cocktail of precious minerals ranging from Uranium to gold ,diamond and exotic timber…CAR is an extension of DR Congo.The main beneficiary of the war and instability is …you guessed right…The French…