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Fresh violence tests Touadéra’s new mandate in Central African Republic

Residents leave central Zemio in the CAR for Zapai in the DRC before nightfall, on 28 September 2019. (Illustration photo) AFP - FLORENT VERGNES

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra is facing renewed violence in the country’s remote south-east just days into his third term, after a militia originally formed with Russian backing turned against the government.

Barely one week after being sworn in, Touadéra is confronting an armed challenge in Haut-Mbomou prefecture, where deadly clashes have erupted between government forces and the Azandé Ani Kpi Gbè militia, known as the AAKG.

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