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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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