BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic rebels clashed with government forces a few kilometres (miles) from the capital on Saturday, residents and rebels said, as two columns of heavily armed insurgents bore down on Bangui.
The Seleka rebel coalition resumed hostilities this week in the mineral-rich former French colony, vowing to topple President Francois Bozize whom it accuses of breaking a January peace agreement to integrate its fighters into the army.
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