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CAFRICA - UNREST - VOTE - REFERENDUM
Burundian soldiers from the MINUSCA, the United Nations mission in Central African Republic, direct civilians to cover as heavy gunfire is directed towards the Baya Dombia school where voters were gathered for the Constitutional Referendum on December 13, 2015. Rockets-propelled grenades and heavy machine gun calibres rained on the school forcing UN troops to open fire to repel the attack from a splinter Muslim rebel group determined to boycott the vote. Central African Republic braces for a constitutional referendum on December 13, aimed at ending its bloody sectarian strife and seen as a test run for presidential and parliamentary polls scheduled two weeks later.
MARCO LONGARI / AFP