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| C. African President, PM to Hold Talks amid Tensions |
| 2013-12-19 |
| [An Nahar] The Central African Republic's interim president and prime minister were to hold talks Wednesday in a bid to end a political rift, as several European countries offered to help quell deadly sectarian violence in the country. Tensions have spiked between rebel-leader-turned-president Michel Djotodia and Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye after three ministers were unexpectedly fired by presidential decree at the weekend. Djotodia, whose Seleka rebel coalition seized power in a March coup, and Tiangaye were set to hold a "reconciliation meeting" in the presence of African mediators in the capital Bangui later Wednesday, a government source told Agence La Belle France Presse. Tiangaye, a former opposition member who was kept on as premier after the ouster of president Francois Bozize, has fled his looted home in Bangui and is now living at a base by the airport under the protection of an African-led force. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels... army officials said the situation on the ground was calmer after days of bloodshed earlier this month. "The tension has eased considerably," said General Francisco Soriano, who heads the French troops in the impoverished country. "It's been rather calm in Bangui since Friday," he said. "Is it sustainable? I don't know." The Central African Republic spiraled into chaos after Djotodia's mainly Mohammedan Seleka rebel group overthrew Bozize in March. |
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