The Central African Republic’s army aided by Russian forces repelled an attack launched this week by Sudanese militants on a mine in the country's north, the Russian embassy said.
"The embassy confirms this information," the Russian embassy in the central African nation’s capital of Bangui told Sputnik.
Central African Republic’s media reported on Friday that Sudanese militants crossed into the northern Vakaga prefecture, near the Sudanese border, on Wednesday morning to attack a mining site near the village of Mamoun but were pushed back.
The group’s leader, Mohamed Ali, also known as B13, was killed in the clash.