C. African city casts worried eye at the rise of the warlord 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseEven by the turbulent standards of the Central African Republic, the sight was remarkable: a regional warlord stood next to VIPs at ceremonies in a city where his name is widely feared. Less than four months earlier, Ali Darassa’s militia, the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC), had been battling the forces of the government and the United Nations. Two of them are Mahamat Al Khatim, leader of the Central African Patriotic Movement (MPC), and Sidiki Abass, commander of a group called Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation, known as 3R. The third is Darassa, who took up the post in Bambari, a crossroads town in the centre of the country.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 27, 2019 01:52 UTC