By AFPMore by this AuthorKHARTOUMFourteen militias that hold sway over most of the Central African Republic on Tuesday inked a peace agreement with the government in Bangui -- the eighth since the country was plunged into violence in 2012. Armed groups hold territory of varying sizes, seized since a 2013 coup that ousted president Francois Bozize and plunged the country into a deep and prolonged crisis. In all, the armed groups control about 80 percent of the CAR. Two former Seleka self-proclaimed generals have since formed influential movements: the Popular Front for the Renaissance of the Central African Republic (FPRC) and the Unity for Peace in Central African Republic (UPC). In the west and northwest, armed groups with a few hundred fighters at most are installed along the routes taken by cattle herders on seasonal migrations across the borders of Chad and Cameroon.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2019 12:45 UTC