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Child soldiers in CAR
- People in the CAR and the surrounding countries are constantly trying to avoid becoming involved in the fighting
- Children taken from villages and used as soldiers, messengers, slaves, etc.
- Families separated by force and most likely never reunited again
Francois Bozize taking over
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Another child raised up into war
Bozize
- Was General and chief of staff
- thought to be part of coup attempt against Ange-Felix Patasse (President at the time) in 2001
- Bozize was sacked, and in 2001, he led troops still loyal to him against gov't troops of Patasse
- 2002 - Libyan forces aid Patasse's forces to subdue the attempt of Bozize and his rebel army to overthrow Patasse
- In 2003, Bozize seizes Bangui (capital), declares himself president, and dissolves parliament
-A new constitution approved in referendum
- Two years after taking over, Bozize was winner of Presidential elections after a run-off vote.
Patasse
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About the CAR
- Became an independent country in 1960
- Government is a Republic
- Population is about 4.3 million
Birao under Bozize's rule
French bombing the Rebels
- Thousands of people in north-west CAR (where it was lawless) fled into southern Chad
- men, women and children had to take what they could and leave everything else behind
- In 2006, Former president Patasse was found guilty of fraud - sentenced to 20 years of hard labour
- In October that same year, Rebel forces seized Birao (town in the north east)
- December of '06, French got involved by helping gov't troops retake places in north-east
- Feb. in '07, Peace accord is signed between Bozize and the People's Democratic Front, PDF urges fighters to lay down their arms
- International Criminal Court also pinned War crimes from '02-03 on Patasse
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- Civil servants and teachers strike in protest due to lack of salary payment for months
- Prime Minister Elie Dote and cabinet resign in order to avoid censure motion against him
- Bozize appoints Faustin-Archange Touadera to replace Mr. Dote
- 2008 Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels raid CAR
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- In 2008, 2 of 3 main rebel armies signed a peace agreement - the UFDR and the APRD
- Government-rebel peace deal ensures formation of steady government + elections in March 2010
- Despite the peace deal, small attempts by the Ugandan LRA to bring down the newly formed gov't continued
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