MINUSCA was established, with a mandate to protect civilians and disarm militia groups, and currently has nearly fifteen thousand peacekeepers operating inside CAR. 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. "What's worse is that the Séléka have recruited children as young as 13 to carry out some of this carnage." CAR’s UN peacekeeping mission, known by its acronym Minusca, is a key player in efforts to reform the justice sector, having rehabilitated 24 courts and prisons. According to a After seizing control of the capital and installing one of the Séléka leaders, Michel Djotodia, in the presidential villa, many Séléka elements proceeded to Left to their own devices the 'ex-Séléka' fighters continued to This anarchy eventually gave rise to village protection militias in the south called the 'Antibalaka' (see our backgrounder ' "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. The FPRC was formerly a part of the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel coalition, which seized power in CAR in 2013 by ousting then-president Francois Bozize. It is reported that official Séléka fighters are called for help to protect against mobs of ex-Séléka fighters. For the first time since independence, a force stemming from the Muslim population of the north and east of the country held the reins of power. It is reported that official Séléka fighters are called for help to protect against mobs of ex-Séléka fighters. CAR has faced fighting since 2013, when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in Bangui.
Simultaneously however, there were criminal and foreign aspects of the coalition, including fighters from the CAR, mercenaries from Chad and Sudan, and elements from the Chadian military, allegedly involved to secure Though the north-east where Séléka formed is predominantly Muslim, there is little to no culture of Islamism in the country and the coalition did not attempt to impose sharia.
Late March 2013: Seleka rebels cross the red line at Damara and take Bangui. "Gunfire also was reported Tuesday in the towns of Bangassou and Alindao, according to the global non-profit group Doctors Without Borders, which said the security situation "remained extremely volatile. "The priority now is a cease-fire," Vlad Monteiro, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission said Tuesday. Bria Mayor Maurice Balekouzou also said Wednesday that several dozen wounded have been brought to the hospital run by aid group Doctors Without Borders.However, the local Catholic mission says the death toll could be higher because it has been too dangerous for Red Cross teams to recover bodies from the streets.Wracked by civil war, CAR is a country teetering on the edge of becoming a failed state. Print Print this page