Estonia promised to send soldiers, while Lithuania, Slovenia, Finland, Belgium, Poland and Sweden were considering sending troops; Germany, Italy and Great Britain announced that they would not send soldiers.After three days of talks, a ceasefire was signed on 24 July 2014 in Months after the official dissolution of Seleka it was not known who was in charge of Ex-Seleka factions during talks with Antibalaka until on 12 July 2014, Michel DjotodiaSince 2014, there has been little government control outside of the capital.Tensions erupted in competition between Ex-Seleka militias arising over control of a goldmine in November 2016, where MPCIn Western CAR, another rebel group, with no known links to Seleka or Antibalaka, called "Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation" (3R) formed in 2015 reportedly by self-proclaimedBeginning around 2017, Russia began to increasingly support the government of Touadéra, whose personal guard became largely Russian as well. The FPRC took control of Birao in 2014, but the Central African Liberators for Justice Movement (MLCJ), which is mainly drawn from the Kara ethnic group, is the dominant group in the town. On 28 May 2014, the Séléka members threw grenades before shooting indiscriminately at the Séléka leader Abdoulaye Issene said in an interview that: "We have killed, murdered and violated, but what happened, happened".On 9 November 2015, armed men cut the throats of 10 people in the village of On 3 December 2015, the Séléka armed men killed eight civilians at a camp for displaced people and wounded one U.N. peacekeeper, just days after the pope visited the capital. In the preceding Central African Republic Bush War (2004–2007), the government of President François Bozizé fought with rebels until a peace agreement in 2007.
At least one rebel fighter was killed and three were wounded in the clashes, the military's casualties were unknown.Meanwhile, the foreign ministers in the ECCAS announced that more troops from the Multinational Force for Central Africa (FOMAC) would be sent to the country to support the 560 members of the MICOPAX mission already present. "Séléka leaders promised a new beginning for the people of the Central African Republic, but instead have carried out large-scale attacks on civilians, looting, and murder", said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. Three Russian journalists were killed in 2018 while investigating Russian mercenary groups in CAR. Approximately 10,000 people have fled fighting between the UPC and the FPRC … The rebel coalition originated in an agreement signed between factions of the The Seleka first emerged on 15 September 2012 under the name The Seleka weren't an overtly religious movement, but they were mostly Muslim, as was Michel Djotodia, the president they installed in March 2013 after taking power.The fighters that ushered in Djotodia ran wild across the country during his time in office, plundering villages and killing Christians as well as supporters of the former president Francois Bozize.In September 2013 Michel Djotodia announced that Seleka had been dissolved.By 2015, there was virtually no government control outside of the capital, Bangui.Months after the official dissolution of Seleka it was not known who in charge of Ex-Seleka factions during talks with On 18 September 2013, the Séléka killed scores of unarmed civilians, according to Human Rights Watch. The Central African Republic crisis. "What's worse is that the Séléka have recruited children as young as 13 to carry out some of this carnage." By 2017, more than two-thirds of all health facilities have been damaged or destroyed.In May 2014, it was reported that around 600,000 people in CAR were internally displaced with 160,000 of these in the capital Bangui. Several witnesses over 60 km (37 mi) away said they could hear detonations and heavy weapons fire for a number of hours. Fighting erupted a week ago in the northern province of Bamingui-Bangoran between rival factions of the Popular Front for the After its official dissolution in September 2013, the remaining rebel groups became known as Ex-Séléka. Speaking on 4 April, Information Minister Christophe Gazam Betty said that Djotodia had accepted the proposals of the African leaders; however, he suggested that Djotodia could remain in office if he were elected to head the transitional council.The transitional council, composed of 105 members, met for the first time on 13 April 2013 and immediately elected Djotodia as interim President; there were no other candidates.On 13 September 2013, Djotodia formally disbanded Seleka, which he had lost effective control of once the coalition had taken power. The Central African Republic conflict is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving the government, rebels from the Séléka coalition, and anti-balaka militias.. It is reported that official Séléka fighters are called for help to protect against mobs of ex-Séléka fighters. At least 13 people were killed in fighting in the Central African Republic where rival armed factions are battling after a seven-year civil war, UN officials said on Thursday. In August 2018, Russia and Sudan helped broker another tentative agreement among armed groups.On 6 February 2019, representatives of the CAR government and fourteen recognized rebel groups signed a new peace treaty, the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation, in Bangui.The party of former President Francois Bozize announced his return to the country in December 2019.On 17 February 2020, members of the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa (FPRC) attacked It is argued that the focus of the initial disarmament efforts exclusively on the Seleka inadvertently handed the anti-Balaka the upper hand, leading to the forced displacement of Muslim civilians by anti-Balaka in Bangui and western CAR.There was ethnic violence during fighting between the Ex-Séléka militias FPRC and UPC, with the FPRC targeting In 2015, humanitarian aid workers in the CAR were involved in more than 365 security incidents, more than Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. The attacks took place at Ngakobo, about 60 km (40 miles) south of the central town of Bambari.Séléka often contends that mercenaries are to blame for the abuses.