A coalition of non-state armed groups on Sunday attacked and took control of Bangassou, a town in the southeast of the Central African Republic on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a statement on Monday that its teams transported and urgently treated 12 wounded at the Bangassou Regional University Hospital (HRUB), a health structure that the NGO has supported since 2014.

It said that, on the eve of this attack, thousands of residents fled the city and crossed the Mbomou River to seek refuge in Ndu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

According to the organization, it is increasing its support to the health center with human resources, medicines and vaccines.

Adolphus Mawolo reports.