Hundreds of people took to the streets of Bangui on Friday to protest the rising cost of living in Central African Republic and the arrest of five civil society leaders.

“People in the Central African Republic can no longer afford to live,” Samson Ngaïbino, a member of the opposition BRDC told Africanews.

"That is why the population has decided to march and call on President Touadéra, saying enough is enough. He is living comfortably while the people are suffering. This is unacceptable. We say no to this situation. We demand that fuel prices be lowered so that Central Africans can afford a decent life.”