Aid worker shot dead in Central African Republic

The medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), says one of its staff has been shot dead by a soldier in the Central African Republic.

It said Mahamat Ahamat, who worked as a medicine dispenser, was shot three times at his home by a member of the armed forces on Saturday in Moyenne-Sido - a town around 500km (310 miles) north of the capital, Bangui.

MSF has condemned the attack and called on the authorities to investigate.

The Central African Republic has been plagued by violence and insecurity since a civil war broke out in 2013.

This article originally appeared in BBC News

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