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U.N. staff member kidnapped in Central African Republic - U.N. spokesman


    BANGUI (Reuters) - Armed men in the capital of Central African Republic kidnapped a staff member with the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSCA on Tuesday, a spokesman for the mission told Reuters.

    A French charity worker and a churchman were abducted on Monday in Bangui in an area controlled by anti-Balaka militia. The militia demanded the release of one of their leaders who has been arrested for crimes including murder.

    (Reporting by Crispin Dembassa-Kette; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Janet Lawrence)