A woman walks past French peacekeeping troops in a street of the capital Bangui January 17, 2014. "There were, unfortunately civilians, civilians that were armed by the irresponsible criminal gang leaders ... who confronted the Central African armed forces and MINUSCA. That resulted in a large number of dead," he said.Lacroix said the United Nations deplored the loss of life. "We are very angry, but not against these young people, who were manipulated. "Today, the reality is that they are trying to artificially divide the Central African people, who lived together for a very long time in harmony no matter what religion," he said.

Source: Egypt Today April 12, 2018 21:22 UTC