Roundup: Central African Republic authorities condemn recent destabilization attempts in Bangui

Recent incidents of violence that caused three deaths between June 3 and 4 in Bangui, Central African Republic capital, were orchestrated by people seeking to destabilize the country's new authorities, Prime Minister Simplice Sarandji said over the weekend.

On June 11, two civilians were killed and three others injured after several hours of fighting between Muslim and Christian populations in Bangui's 5th district.

A few days before, a body of a muslim man had been found in the 3rd district, an act that was attributed to Christians by Muslims, who used it as pretext for revenging his death.

However, according to authorities, the deceased was a taxi driver who had been killed after engaging in a fight with robbers.

In September 2015, a similar tragedy degenerated into inter-ethnic clashes in this town that is still recovering from a humanitarian and security crisis that broke out in March 2013 following the overthrow of ex-president Francois Bozize by ex-Seleka rebels led by Michel Djotodia.

The prime minister equally denounced the recent killing of a Central African Republic's national by a Rwandese soldier operating under the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Central African Republic during a football match between the country's national team and Angola at Bangui stadium on June 5, 2016.

He further condemned recent killing of hundreds of people in Bouca and Ndele regions that are respectively situated 660 and 400 km from the capital, by armed groups close to ex-Seleka rebels.

Sarandji said "in the recent past, there have been attempts to destabilize our country and create fresh disorder."

"Destabilization attempts were launched in Bangui following the return of President Faustin Archange Touadera after his foreign trip to seek support to strengthen the capacity of our forces to guarantee security," he continued.

The prime minister urged the Central African Republic people to remain vigilant and united to be able to defeat the "enemies of peace."

Touadera was elected with an overwhelming majority on Feb. 14, 2016 during a second round of presidential elections that many believed would have restored peace in the country.

His task of rebuilding a country that was ruined by chaos and violence for over two years seems to be hard. However, to achieve this task, he is counting on support from all Central African Republic's population as well as the international community.

Besides China, the new president has also received support from other countries since being sworn in on March 30. A mission of the International Monetary Fund visited Bangui in May to evaluate the country's needs. Endit