### [2026-08-7](/feed/2026/08/7/index.md)

##### Bangui
# Twenty people are killed and several others are injured after a fuel tanker overturned in Bangui, Central African Republic. 




### Sources:

1. [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/20260808/18168539da8b405abde74f17d8b039c5/c.html)

### Related:

1. [Central African Republic health minister Pierre Somsé declares a cholera outbreak in the districts of Bimbo and Mbaïki following 24 deaths from the disease. ](/feed/2026/06/26/central-african-republic-health-minister-pierre-somse-declares-a-cholera-outbreak-in-the-districts-of-bimbo-and-mbaiki-f.md) _Context: Central African Republic_
2. [A United Nations-backed court in the Central African Republic begins for former president François Bozizé, who seized power in a military coup in 2003, in absentia for crimes against humanity, including murder, enforced disappearances, torture, and rape. ](/feed/2026/06/16/a-united-nations-backed-court-in-the-central-african-republic-begins-for-former-president-francois-bozize-who-seized-po.md) _Context: Central African Republic_
3. [In the Central African Republic, the Government of Prime Minister Félix Moloua resigns. ](/feed/2026/05/13/in-the-central-african-republic-the-government-of-prime-minister-felix-moloua-resigns.md) _Context: Central African Republic_
4. [Eight people are killed after an artisanal mine collapses in Ouham-Pendé, Central African Republic. ](/feed/2026/03/12/eight-people-are-killed-after-an-artisanal-mine-collapses-in-ouham-pende-central-african-republic.md) _Context: Central African Republic_
5. [Citizens of the Central African Republic vote to elect a president and 140 members of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadéra seeks a third term in office. ](/feed/2025/12/28/citizens-of-the-central-african-republic-vote-to-elect-a-president-and-140-members-of-the-national-assembly-incumbent-p.md) _Context: Central African Republic_
6. [Five UN police officers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a MINUSCA convoy are killed when their armored personnel carrier crashes and rolls into a river while crossing a bridge near Bangui, Central African Republic. ](/feed/2025/09/17/five-un-police-officers-from-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-in-a-minusca-convoy-are-killed-when-their-armored-pers.md) _Context: Bangui, Central African Republic_
7. [The International Criminal Court convicts Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, leaders of the Anti-balaka militia alliance, of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentences them to 12 and 15 years in prison respectively for their roles in various massacres against civilians throughout the civil war in the Central African Republic. ](/feed/2025/07/24/the-international-criminal-court-convicts-patrice-edouard-ngaissona-and-alfred-yekatom-leaders-of-the-anti-balaka-milit.md) _Context: Central African Republic_
8. [Twenty-nine people are killed and 280 others are injured after an explosion causes a stampede at a high school in Bangui, Central African Republic. President Faustin-Archange Touadéra declares three days of national mourning. ](/feed/2025/06/25/twenty-nine-people-are-killed-and-280-others-are-injured-after-an-explosion-causes-a-stampede-at-a-high-school-in-bangui.md) _Context: Bangui, Central African Republic_
9. [Thousands of people demonstrate in Bangui, Central African Republic, to protest against President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's plans to run for a third term with the backing of the Russian-led Wagner Group, who has killed indiscriminately in the country. ](/feed/2025/04/4/thousands-of-people-demonstrate-in-bangui-central-african-republic-to-protest-against-president-faustin-archange-touad.md) _Context: Bangui, Central African Republic_
10. [Nine people are killed and hundreds of homes are burned down in 3R rebel attacks in Bamingui-Bangoran, Central African Republic. ](/feed/2025/02/25/nine-people-are-killed-and-hundreds-of-homes-are-burned-down-in-3r-rebel-attacks-in-bamingui-bangoran-central-african-r.md) _Context: Central African Republic_