UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic

The UN says one of its peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been killed and several others are wounded or missing after a UN convoy was ambushed.

The patrol, made up of Cambodian and Moroccan troops, was returning to base from an engineering project in the south-east of the country.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, confirmed on social media that the dead peacekeeper was an army captain.

No group has said it carried out the attack, which is the latest against international agencies in the country.

The CAR has been caught up in a sectarian conflict ever since the overthrow of President Francois Bozize by rebels four years ago.