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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.
On 9 May 2017 Anti-balaka attacked UPC forces in Alindao before withdrawing to Mingala. [26] On 13 May Anti-balaka attacked Bangassou killing more than 115 people including one peacekeeper. [27] On 18 May heavy clashes erupted between Anti-balaka and ex-Seleka in Bria resulting in 26 deaths. [28]
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 ...
1 September: Anti-Balaka was formed [20] 6 September: Anti-balaka attacked Zéré on the road between Bouca and Bossangoa, killing at least 55 civilians. [3] 9 September: Anti-balaka attacked Seleka in Bouca. [3] 13 September: Djotodia formally disbanded Séléka. 17 September: Anti-balaka attacked Bossangoa. [3]
From 13 to 16 April, infighting between Seleka and Anti-Balaka in Grimari killed several dozens. [69] The French forces intervened and were in turn attacked by a 20-strong Anti-Balaka force; the return fire from the French killed five of the attackers. [70] ON 26 April, a Seleka group attacked Boguila, after
MINUSCA deployment in 2014. The Séléka militia staged a rebellion in 2013 that led to the end of François Bozizé's regime in the Central African Republic. The Séléka's continued heinous crimes in Central African Republic led to worsening conditions in Central African Republic, which then evolved the conflict from government resistance into a religious conflict.
On 15 October, three people were killed and a dozen injured in clashes between Anti-balaka and self-defense groups after Anti-balaka fired at a group of Muslim boys playing soccer. [7] Between 26 September and 13 November, further clashes killed at least 100 people, displaced 35,000, and destroyed more than 1,075 buildings.