Swiss national killed in attack in Central African Republic

A Swiss national and a Central African soldier were killed on Thursday in an attack north of Bangui – the capital of the Central African Republic. According to military sources, the attackers were “as yet unidentified armed bandits”. The Swiss national had travelled to the region to search for mineral deposits – a process known as mineral prospecting – as a senior officer in the Central African army told the French news agency AFP. He was reportedly travelling with his security escort, a…