Officials in the Central African Republic (CAR) say a dozen members of an armed group have been killed in clashes with United Nations (UN) peacekeepers and government troops in the northeast of the country.

A peace accord between the CAR government and 14 armed groups will be initialed in Khartoum.

Three Central African military have died in a shootout between soldiers in the town of Bambari in the center of the restive country.

Unidentified assailants mounted two attacks on United Nations peacekeeping forces in central Mali.

The corpses of at least 16 people were laid in front of the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic.

The incident occurred shortly after UN peacekeepers and CAR troops launched an operation targeting armed groups in a flashpoint district of Bangui.

Dozens were wounded in overnight clashes on Sunday, April 8, between the UN peacekeeping mission in CAR and self-defense forces in the PK5 district of Bangui.