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The Anti-balaka (anti-machete) is an ... who formed Seleka's armed opposition, ... This was amidst the Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia ...
In July 2014, ex-Séléka factions and Anti-balaka representatives signed a ceasefire agreement. [39] By the end of 2014, the country was de facto partitioned with the Anti-Balaka controlling the south and west, from which most Muslims had evacuated, and ex-Séléka groups controlling the north and east. [40]
An internal conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) started essentially on 13 April 2013, when the government of President Michel Djotodia officially took over. The fighting was between the government of the Central African Republic's former Séléka coalition of rebel groups, who are mainly from the Muslim minority, and the mainly Christian anti-balaka coalition.
He was accused of coordinating operations of the anti-Balaka, a mainly Christian group that fought against the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebel group. The fighting left thousands dead and ...
He added that the anti-balaka militias were demonized for political reasons and listed several alleged atrocities committed by rival Seleka groups. Judges will issue a decision on the charges ...
Starting in November 2016, FPRC and MPC [30] allied with their former enemy, the Anti-balaka, and attacked UPC. [31] [32] Most of the fighting is in the centrally located Ouaka prefecture, which has the country's second largest city Bambari, because of its strategic location between the Muslim and Christian regions of the country and its wealth ...
Anti-balaka leader, Yvon Konaté, was arrested near Bossembélé while travelling to Bossangoa. Group of armed men was spotted near Bossembélé. [150] Anti-balaka took control of Gaga and Zawa near Yaloke. [151] Three FACA soldiers were killed in Zawa. [152] Anti-balaka took control of Nandobo near Berberati kidnapping local gendarmes. [153]
8 November: Anti-balaka barriers disappeared. 5,100 tents have been destroyed. 11 November: Anti-balaka blocked access to hospital for people from Lakouanga. 12 November: MINUSCA dispersed Anti-balaka. 13 November: Women and children protested against MINUSCA inaction. 15 November: FPRC threatened to burn down the hospital.