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Thursday, December 20, 2012

[Africa] IRIN - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Hundreds flee as rebels advance


[Picture from same article - copyright irinnews.org, 19/12/2012 - Photo: HDPTCAR]

A new alliance of three rebel groups in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has taken control of five towns in northern-central areas, could jeopardize a complex peace process that has been under way since 2007.

The rebel alliance seized control of the northern towns of Ndélé and Bamingui in the last few days, and has now also seized Bria, a central-northern town in the country's diamond-mining area.

On 18 December, following an appeal from CAR President Francois Bozizé, Chadian troops entered CAR to join the government army in re-taking the captured towns.

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