Several killed in latest CAR violence

At least six people have been killed and hundreds forced to flee their homes after violence involving the "anti-balaka" militia broke out in the capital of the Central African Republic. 

Officials say clashes in the capital on Wednesday, pitching anti-balaka fighters against soldiers from the country's newly deployed UN mission, left three militia members dead and four peacekeepers wounded. 

The fighting broke out on the main road to Bangui's airport when peacekeepers attempted to remove an anti-balaka barricade.

ALJAZEERA