New fighting in Central African Republic blocks UN visit


  • World
  • Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014

A member of the African peacekeeping forces stands in a pickup truck in Bangui February 19,2014. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

BANGUI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting erupted near the airport in Central African Republic's capital of Bangui on Wednesday, as Christian militia tried to block the evacuation of Muslims and disrupted a visit by a top United Nations aid official, witnesses said.

The fighting was the latest episode in a cycle of religious violence that has displaced 1 million people from the former French colony and killed at least 2,000. About 6,000 African and 1,600 French peacekeepers have failed to halt the conflict. Paris has warned the crisis risks degenerating into genocide.

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