French troops battle Central African Republic rebels
French troops backed by a helicopter traded fire with suspected former rebels today in a neighbourhood rife with sectarian tensions, within hours of the arrival of France’s military chief in the Central African Republic capital.
The violence that has left the country verging on anarchy showed few signs of abating in the Miskine district of Bangui, where a band of about a dozen men with machetes faced off against an equally large group of Christian youths.
