The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 3, 2015 U.N. Peacekeeper Killed in Attack in Central African Republic -------------------------------------------------------------- In news from Africa, one U.N. peacekeeper has died and eight were wounded in an attack in the Central African Republic Sunday. The peacekeeping team was attacked by men wielding grenades and machine guns. Sunday's is the seventh or eighth death of a U.N. peacekeeper since the force began its mission in Central African Republic nearly one year ago. .