The Central African Republic CAR has a new national assembly speaker. But the circumstances that led to his emergence is one that still dominate the news in the country.
New speaker emerges in CAR's parliament amid tense vote [The Morning Call]
While the deputies were preparing to elect the new Speaker after the dismissal of Karim Meckassoua on Friday, the vote got suspended in a dispute. An MP waved a weapon and shooting broke out, leading to panic and fear.