Hippolyte Marboua

Central African Republic’s transitional president opened talks Saturday with leaders of a Christian militia who have called for her government to resign, a spokeswoman said, trying to put a stop to days of heavy violence that killed one U.N. peacekeeper and injured more than a dozen others.

Central African Republic’s transitional president opened talks Saturday with leaders of a Christian militia who have called for her government to resign, a spokeswoman said, trying to put a stop to days of heavy violence that killed one U.N. peacekeeper and injured more than a dozen others.