At least one peacekeeper was killed and another two were injured in two successive attacks by armed rebels near the town of Grimari in Central African Republic, the United Nations Mission in the country said.
Members from a coalition of armed rebels staged the attacks on January 15 while peacekeepers from both Burundi and Bangladesh were carrying out a security operation around Grimari, more than 200 kilometres northeast of the capital, Bangui.
The Burundian peacekeeper was killed in the second ambush, and two Bangladeshi peacekeepers were injured during the attacks and are receiving treatment, the U.N. mission in Central African Republic, known as MINUSCA, said in a statement.
A sharp increase in violence in the past few weeks has forced more than 60,000 people to flee the country, seeking refuge in Cameroon, Congo and other neighbouring countries, the United Nations Refugee Agency said.
Congo has received the highest number of refugees — about 50,000 since December, which…