French Photo_Journalist Killed In Central African Republic.

On Tuesday, the office of the French president confirmed the death of Camille Lepage, a 26-year-old French photographer, who was killed while working in the war-torn Central African Republic. Her body was found after French peacekeeping troops on patrol stopped a car driven by Christian "anti-balaka" fighters near a town in the west of the country. "Everything will be done to uncover the circumstances of this assassination and to track down who murdered our compatriot," read the statement from President François Hollande's office.

In her last post on Instagram, Lepage said she was embedding with an anti-balaka outfit and traveling for hours down routes chosen to avoid the checkpoints of African peacekeepers.

Quite a sad story. May her soul RIP


See some of her pictures below:

A mother tends to her child, who is suffering from malnutrition, at a paediatrics hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 25, 2014. (Camille Lepage/ Reuters)

Anti-balaka fighters from the town of Bossembele patrol in the Boeing district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb.  24, 2014. (Camille Lepage/ Reuters)

A Seleka fighter cleans his gun on a base, where 500 Seleka fighters are confined, in Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 25, 2014. (Camille Lepage/ Reuters)

Anti-balaka fighters from the town of Bossembele rest while on patrol in the Boeing district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Feb. 24, 2014. (Camille Lepage/ Reuters)