LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Central African Republic's government and rebels agreed on Friday to the formation of a national unity government under a ceasefire deal to end an insurgency that swept to within striking distance of the capital.
The agreement, signed in Gabon's coastal capital Libreville after three days of talks mediated by regional neighbours, averted the biggest threat to President Francois Bozize's decade in charge of the mineral-rich former French colony.
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