{{Seven people died in the capital of Central African Republic after a grenade exploded among a crowd of mourners attending a funeral, the African Union peacekeeping mission known as MISCA said on Friday.}}<\/p>\n
“The figure for the number who died then and there is seven,” MISCA spokesman Orlando Bama said, confirming the incident.<\/p>\n
The deployment of 2,000 French soldiers and a 6,000 strong African Union peacekeeping mission to the impoverished and landlocked country has so far failed to halt violence.<\/p>\n
Thousands have been killed in tit-for-tat between militias known as anti-balaka drawn from the Christian majority pitted against a mostly Muslim group of northern rebels who seized power a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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