CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SECURITY FORCES REPELLED ATTACKS BY REBELS

Central African Republic Security forces in Central African Republic have repelled attacks by rebels trying to seize the Capital yesterday after intense fighting on the city’s outskirts.

The rebels are protesting the re-election on December twenty-seven of President Faustin Archanage Touadera.

Following the January fourth announcement of Touadera’s victory, the rebel coalition said they would take the Capital.

They had also taken towns in other parts of the country before the election. The army is supported in its battle against the rebels by forces from Rwanda, Russia, France and the United Nations