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CAR: France Military Support Against Rebels

Friday, December 1st, 2006 @ 16:04 UTC

by Alice Backer

Countries:: Central African Republic, Chad, France
Topics:: War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics

The blog of CAR presidential candidate Olivier Gabirault points to a Liberation article stating (Fr): “In 1997, Paris, linked to its former colony by a defense accord, disengaged by closing its two military bases (Bangui and Bouar) for economic reasons. Ten years later, French soldiers are back to support President Francois Bozize … On the opposite team are partisans of ex-President Ange-Felix Patasse and soldiers who now oppose the one who deposed Patasse in March 2003: General Francois Bozize, elected president last year. But also Tchadians who are combatting the Idriss Deby regime.”

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[...] Central African Republic: Government troops backed by the French army have retaken the northern town of Birao, which lies on a major trade route to Chad and Sudan. Reliefweb has a situational base map of the CAR. Jennifer Brea notes how the presence of French troops in Chad, the Ivory Coast, and the Central African Republic show that France’s influence in Africa is hardly waning. And Global Voices Online points to commentary by a blogging Central African Republic presidential candidate. [...]

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