CURFEW DECLARED IN CAR

CENTRAL African Republic President Ange-Felix Patasse late on Monday declared a 6pm to 6am curfew in his country following a foiled coup attempt in which an unknown number of people were killed. Patasse’s representative Prosper Ndouba said that presidential guards in Bangui quelled a coup attempt on Monday, leaving “many dead” following an attack by mutinous soldiers on the home the president. – AFP