The UN mission in Central African Republic (CAR) MINUSCA has said that it killed 22 anti-balaka fighters after the militants attacked their temporary UN base in Tagbara, near the southern city of Bambari, sparking several hours of gunfire.
The anti-balaka mostly Christian militia launched the dawn attack after which peacekeepers fired back, and after several hours of exchange of fire, one peacekeeper was killed and 11 others injured.
The attacks comes barely a few days since UN peacekeepers carried out a joint operation with CAR forces to rescue 15 people who had been taken hostage in the village of Koumbou by the Lord’s Resistance Army.
The CAR has been struggling to return to stability since the country exploded into bloodshed after the 2013 overthrow of longtime leader Francois Bozize by the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel alliance.
