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A peace agreement sign Last week, between the Central African Republic (CAR) and rebel groups plans the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission within 90 days, according to the AFP news agency.
Citing a copy of the undisclosed agreement, AFP said the parties to the agreement also pledged to set up joint security patrols with soldiers and members of armed groups for a period of 24 months.
The agreement is the eighth attempt in nearly six years to bring peace to this war-ravaged country – one of the poorest in the world – but has not yet been signed by all parties.
The agreement was signed Wednesday in Bangui by militia leaders and President Faustin-Archange Touadera.
The three latecomers could sign at the next summit of the African Union, to be held in Addis Ababa on February 10 and 11, said Angel Maxime Kazagui, spokesman for the government.
If this is the case, the agreement, called the Khartoum agreement after the city where it was negotiated, will be published later, he said.
The conflict left thousands dead and forced a quarter of the 4.5 million population to leave their homes. The rural exodus, warned the UN last year, could lead the country to starvation.
Lack of clarity
One of the main obstacles to peace has been the amnesty claimed by rebel leaders – a condition that Touadera, under pressure from Western partners, has always refused.
Several leaders face UN sanctions or have been accused of abuse by rights groups, and others run the theoretical risk of being arrested in CAR even.
The lack of clarity regarding the Khartoum deal on Thursday prompted a human rights organization, the Civil Society Working Group on the Crisis in Central Africa (GTSC), to urge the government to publish the details.
"In the absence (of these details), the GTSC calls on the Central African people to organize mbad demonstrations to pressure the ruling elite to publish the agreement," he said. he declared.
The crisis in the Central African Republic began in 2012, when a Muslim majority movement, the Seleka, formed in the north of the country.
The following year, the rebels overthrew President François Bozizé, a Christian, which resulted in the formation of mainly Christian militias called Anti-balaka.
France, former colonial leader, intervened militarily under UN mandate and the Seleka were forced to take power.
Touadera, a former prime minister, was elected president in February 2016, but only controls one-fifth of the country, helped by a major UN peacekeeping force.
Militia groups, often presenting themselves as defenders of a community or religious group, control the rest of the territory, often competing for control over mineral resources.
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