Central African Republic signs agreement following two weeks of talks in Sudanese capital Khartoum. But peace is fragile as similar deals in 2014, 2015 and 2017 all fell apart.
The UN branch operating air services in the conflict-hit Central African Republic is running out of funds, jeopardising food and medical supplies for hundreds of thousands of people.
The UN mission in the restive African country says bodies were found in the central town of Alindao after armed groups clashed.
One of the world’s poorest nations has become a battleground for foreign powers and criminal gangs vying for influence over its vast diamond and gold resources.
The three journalists were working for a project funded by anti-Kremlin campaigner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. They went to Central African Republic to investigate the activities of the Wagner Group, a firm of Russian private military contractors.
Lawyers for Becker, a three-time Wimbledon champion, lodged a claim in the UK's High Court asserting immunity after he was appointed a sports attache for the Central African Republic in April.
Seventeen people were killed in a flashpoint Muslim enclave of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), where a UN soldier also reportedly died.
The accusations emerged in 2015 after the leak of an internal United Nations document containing the testimony of six children who said they were sexually abused by French soldiers.
The violence took place in Bria, 450 km from the capital Bangui, between a majority Muslim rebel group and a predominantly Christian militia, witnesses say.
A local official said the truck was overloaded with goods and passengers and traveling towards a popular market when it tipped over.
The attack comes after five international aid agencies temporarily suspended their operations in northern Central African Republic last week due to attacks on humanitarian workers by armed groups.
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