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Central African Republic president to step down
Source: Reuters
Central African Republic president to step down
Reuters in Bangui and Paris
theguardian.com, Wednesday 8 January 2014 17.37 GMT
Central African Republic's interim president, Michel Djotodia, is due to step down at a summit of regional leaders on Thursday amid frustration at his failure to quell religious violence in his country, diplomatic and political sources said.
"It's finished for him now," said a source close to Djotodia, who said he was due to step aside at the summit on Thursday in the Chadian capital N'Djamena.
A senior French diplomatic source and political sources in Bangui said Central African leaders led by Chad's Idriss Déby had run out of patience with Djotodia, who seized power in March as the head of the Seleka rebels.
French and African troops deployed in the country have struggled to stop tit-for-tat violence between the Muslim Seleka rebels and Christian militias. More than 1,000 people died in clashes in December.
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Reuters in Bangui and Paris
theguardian.com, Wednesday 8 January 2014 17.37 GMT
Central African Republic's interim president, Michel Djotodia, is due to step down at a summit of regional leaders on Thursday amid frustration at his failure to quell religious violence in his country, diplomatic and political sources said.
"It's finished for him now," said a source close to Djotodia, who said he was due to step aside at the summit on Thursday in the Chadian capital N'Djamena.
A senior French diplomatic source and political sources in Bangui said Central African leaders led by Chad's Idriss Déby had run out of patience with Djotodia, who seized power in March as the head of the Seleka rebels.
French and African troops deployed in the country have struggled to stop tit-for-tat violence between the Muslim Seleka rebels and Christian militias. More than 1,000 people died in clashes in December.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/08/central-african-republic-president-step-down