At least 10 people were killed in the Central African republic (CAR) capital, Bangui, this weekend, as French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian started a tour of the region to discuss the crisis in the violence-racked country, reports RFI.
Fresh violence erupted in the centre of Bangui on Saturday evening with five people killed for unknown reasons, followed by another three in clashes between Christians and Muslims.
Another was killed by soldiers from the African intervention force, Misca, according to witnesses, and another was lynched on Sunday morning, according to Peter Bouckaert of the HUman Rights Watch NGO.
Residents say that a Christian woman was killed by a Muslim on Saturday evening and that her murderer was then captured and killed and his body burnt in front of the local council office.
Read more of this report from RFI.