Gunfire has rung out in #Bangui, the capital of #CentralAfricanRepublic, in the heaviest clashes in the city in months. The blasts of heavy and small arms gunfire were heard on Thursday, only hours before France said that it would deploy 1,200 troops to restore order in the country. http://aje.me/18b0bQ6
The UN Security Council is due to meet on Thursday to discuss the situation in the CAR [AFP] |