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An official from Doctors Without Borders and several civilians were killed in a shooting on the 28th on a bus in the Central African Republic.
According to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the shooting took place on a public bus in the city of Grimari, about 200 kilometers from Bangui, with the death of several civilians and a worker of the organization, who was off duty, and others four passengers. They were injured.
Several international organizations, including the United Nations and the African Union, have expressed concern about the increase in violence in this country due to the presidential and legislative elections held last Sunday.
On Wednesday, the opposition called for the cancellation of the elections, disturbed by threats from rebel groups, but the votes were considered “credible” and “legitimate” by the government and international observers.
In a country with two thirds of the territory occupied by armed groups, thousands of people were prevented from voting or deprived of their voter registration cards due to insecurity due to the civil war that has raged in the Central African Republic for almost eight years.
The first partial results are expected on January 4 and the final results on January 19.
A possible second round is scheduled for February 14.
Portugal currently has 243 military personnel in RCA, of which 188 are part of Minusca and 55 participate in the training mission of the European Union (EUTM), led by Portugal, by Brigadier General Neves de Abreu, until September 2021 .
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