Turmoil in car
CAR armed groups present peace demands to AU panel
An AU document, seen by AFP, lists 97 demands by the armed groups in return for peace, with a government of national unity required along with the amnesty and a...
It is not clear if they were all killed in the church attack itself or during skirmishes that occurred afterwards in the surrounding area.
The peacekeepers were ambushed by suspected anti-balaka fighters in the town of Banagassou, 700 kilometres east of the capital Bangui.
The clashes come amid a week of intense violence between mainly Muslim fighters from the former Seleka rebel coalition.
MINUSCA condemned the violence and appealed to the two militia groups to come to the table for talks.
Seleka hacked to death refugees who had fled previous violence in the region & set fire to buildings.
Eight militia members were killed by security forces before the group fled, according to local media.
The country has been plagued since 2013 by inter-communal and inter-religious clashes.
Albert Mokpeme said the killings took place in the village of Ndomete, not far from the town of Kaga-Bandoro.
Heavily armed members of the former rebel group Seleka took 6 police officers hostage in Bangui on Sunday.
Families are forced to sell their possessions, pull their children out of school and even resort to begging.
Two thirds of candidates want the vote count halted because of what they say are irregularities in the ballot.
The United Nations is currently conducting an internal investigation of its handling of the allegations.
The deal aims to draw a line under a conflict that has killed thousands and displaced millions.
Shooting erupted in Cantonnier, a town on the border with Cameroon, west of the capital Bangui.
Doctors without borders says almost 3,000 people have been killed in the CAR.
The attack in Bambari comes a day before French Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to visit.
The peacekeepers have been accused of detaining, abusing, torturing and killing civilians.
Violence between Muslims and Christian simmers despite the deployment of peacekeepers.