Rebel alliance Coalition of Patriots for Change denies responsibility after mayor accuses them of attack
China’s embassy in thehas urged its citizens to avoid travelling outside the capital, Bangui, after nine Chinese nationals were killed in an attack by militants at a goldmine outside the city.
As well as the nine dead, two more people were injured in the attack at the mine run by the Gold Coast Group, about 15 miles from the town of Bambari, its mayor said. He said the attackers were thought to be from the Coalition of Patriots for Change , an alliance of rebel groups formed before the 2020 presidential election to oppose the president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra.A patchwork of armed groups control swathes of territory and regularly commit abuses against the civilian population in Central African Republic, a country that has rarely known stability since independence in 1960.
In view of the security risks, the Chinese embassy warned Chinese institutions and citizens not to travel outside Bangui and in case of emergency, to contact the embassy to seek consular protection.
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