Central African Republic rejects militia ceasefire deal


  • World
  • Friday, 30 Jan 2015

Central African Republic's interim President Catherine Samba-Panza holds a news conference during an European Union (EU)-Africa summit in Brussels April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's government rejected on Thursday a ceasefire deal signed in Kenya between rival militia groups that calls for an amnesty for those responsible for more than a year of sectarian violence in which thousands have died.

The talks, between a splinter group of the mainly Muslim Seleka alliance and a faction of the 'anti-balaka' militia who oppose them, were held in Kenya, outside the auspices of a government-led peace process in Central African Republic (CAR).

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