{"id":35276,"date":"2017-06-21T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/car-violence-deadly-clashes-in-bria-despite\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:40:26","slug":"car-violence-deadly-clashes-in-bria-despite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/car-violence-deadly-clashes-in-bria-despite\/","title":{"rendered":"CAR violence: Deadly clashes in Bria despite ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

{At least 100 people have been killed in fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), a day after a ceasefire was signed between rebels and the government.}<\/p>\n

The mayor of the town of Bria, north-east of the capital Bangui, said bodies were lying in the streets.<\/p>\n

The truce, signed in Rome on Monday, included an immediate ceasefire.
\nIt was intended to bring armed groups into the political process in exchange for ending attacks.<\/p>\n

Town Mayor Maurice Belikoussou told the Associated Press that dozens of wounded were seeking treatment at the local hospital.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told the news agency that fighting had erupted early on Tuesday between the anti-Balaka militia and rebels from the group known as FPRC, who were once part of the Seleka movement.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in the CAR since mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted President Francois Bozize in 2013.<\/p>\n

The move triggered a backlash from mostly Christian militias, called the anti-Balaka.<\/p>\n

The UN said in May that almost all the residents of Bria had fled the town.<\/p>\n

After violence erupted last month, 38,500 people left in just three days, it said.<\/p>\n

The peace agreement was brokered by the Sant’ Egidio Catholic Community in Rome in the wake of years of sectarian violence and the deployment of a long-running UN peacekeeping mission to the country.<\/p>\n

More than a dozen militia groups agreed to end hostilities immediately and to co-operate with a truth, justice and reconciliation commission.<\/p>\n

But observers say armed groups have yet to show an interest in laying down their arms.<\/p>\n

BBC West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says deals have been signed in the past few years but all have failed to bring the country back to peace and stability.<\/p>\n

\"UN<\/figure>\n

Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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