A man holds up a knife in front of French soldiers during a protest against the peacekeeping troops in Bambari, Central African Republic. At least one man was killed on Thursday in clashes that erupted after French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic tried to disarm Muslim rebels, witnesses and hospital staff said. A French military official denied troops killed civilians and said they fired warning shots in the air after coming under fire in Bambari, the headquarters of the mostly Muslim rebel Seleka coalition, which controls the northeast of the country. |
