Central African Republic: Seleka Fighters Accused of Rights Violations in Central African Republic

18 September 2013

The Seleka alliance that seized control of Central African Republic in March has brought death and destruction to the landlocked country instead of the security and aid it promised, a human rights group said in a report.

The nation has slipped into chaos since Seleka, an alliance of five rebel groups, overthrew President Francois Bozizé in the latest in a series of coups in a country that remains one of the world's poorest despite its mineral wealth. U.N. officials and rights groups say both sides may have committed war crimes in the violence that has continued since the new president, Michel Djotodia, was sworn in last month.

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