Clashes break out in C. African Republic capital

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Clashes in Central African Republic’s capital have resulted in “many casualties,” the International Committee for the Red Cross said Thursday, marking the most significant violence in the city since a United Nations force took over peacekeeping last month.

A crash following an attack on a convoy killed one U.N. peacekeeper and injured at least seven others, Vannina Maestracci, associate spokeswoman for the U.N. secretary-general, said in New York. It was the first death of a peacekeeper since the U.N. took over peacekeeping duties from a regional force.