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Heavy Shootings between Seleka Soldiers and Bozize Loyalists in Bangui, CAR

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Central African Republic, Breaking News, Ethnicity & Race, Governance, Human Rights, International Relations, War & Conflict

On the morning of December 5 in Bangui, heavy weapon fires were heard [1] in several districts of Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic. Eye witnesses and journalists are reporting on twitter via the hash tag #Bangui. [2] Here is an update by Vianney Tricou on site at 9:51 am local time :

Violent clashes in Boy-Rabe, the Fouh district (around Amitié Hospital) and Gobongo district. Antibalakas (ed's note: literally, anti-machettes men, armed men close to former president Bozize) are present in the 4th borough.

@peggybrug [5] posted the following photo of Sekela soldiers patroling the city :

Ex-Seleka soldiers in the city. Very worrisome situation in #centrafrique according to UNICEF on site

One of the villagers Issa Roua reports on the recently attacks [10] [fr] via Christophe Boltanski :

Les assaillants étaient près de quarante. Ils venaient des villages environnants. On a reconnu deux d’entre eux. Ils ont encerclé le campement et commencé avec les enfants

There were about forty attackers. They came from close by villages. We recognized some of them. They circled the camp and started with the kids..