Central African Republic: Deal struck to end years of fighting

[TomSea]

Deal struck to end years of fighting
Central African Republic, groups expected to sign pact
by The Associated Press | Today at 2:51 a.m. | Updated February 3, 2019


In this Feb. 12 2016 file photo, UN forces from Rwanda patrol the streets of Bangui, Central African Republic. A peace deal has been reached between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups after their first-ever direct dialogue aimed at ending years of conflict, the United Nations and African Union announced on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

JOHANNESBURG -- A peace deal has been reached between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups after their first-ever direct dialogue aimed at ending years of conflict, the United Nations and African Union announced on Saturday.

The peace deal represents rare hope for the impoverished, landlocked nation where interreligious and intercommunal fighting has continued since 2013. Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in a conflict that has sent two people to the International Criminal Court.

"I am determined to work with the president and his government to address the concerns of our brothers who took up arms," said Central African Republic's Cabinet director Firmin Ngrebada, according to the U.N.

Read more at: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/feb/03/deal-struck-to-end-years-of-fighting-20/?news

A lot of UN troops in that area of the world, 20,000 in DR (Democratic Republic of) Congo, right next door. Some Brazilian was the General of the blue helmets, last I heard.

[Fishrrman]

Won't last a year, if that long...