Militants kill 22 civilians including 3 MSF in CAR

At least 22 people including 3 workers from the medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), were killed in an attack on a town in the Central African Republic today, officials said on Sunday.

The head of the MSF Central African Republic announced today that the organisation would be pulling its services from the region in light of the attacks, reported Reuters.
“While we remain committed to providing humanitarian assistance to the community, we also have to take into account the safety of our staff,” said Stefano Argenziano.
A spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry, in a statement today, ‘strongly condemned ‘ the attacks and called for accountability and justice to be pursued.
“The perpetrators of this intolerable attack must be brought to justice”, said Roman Nadal.

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