60 LIVES LOST IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VIOLENCE

Around 60 people have been killed in Central African Republic between local militias and former rebels according to witnesses. The mineral-rich nation has descended into chaos since mostly Muslim Seleka rebels from the north seized the capital Bangui in March, ousting President Francois Bozize.The new transitional government's failure to stem the violence has prompted the U.N. Security Council to consider intervening to restore order
Local self-defense militias, known as "anti-balaka" or anti-machetes, attacked a Seleka position in the mining village of Gaga, around 250 km (150 miles) northwest of Bangui, on Monday, killing four ex-rebels before attacking Muslim civilians. The Seleka fighters retaliated against Christian civilians in the village, witnesses said. Seleka gunmen, many of them from neighboring Chad and Sudan, have repeatedly been accused of desecrating churches and terrorizing Christian communities.