(BBC) Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic have
rejected a ceasefire deal and demanded the country be partitioned between
Muslims and Christians.
In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Harding, Seleka
military chief Joseph Zoundeiko said his forces would ignore the ceasefire
agreed on Thursday.
He said the deal had been negotiated without proper input
from the military wing of the former Seleka alliance. Almost a quarter of the
4.6 million population have fled their homes.
The peace agreement between mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and
the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia was signed in the Congolese capital,
Brazzaville.
Muslims have been forced to flee the capital of the Central
African Republic (CAR) and most of the west of the country, in what rights
groups described as ethnic cleansing. Both sides have been accused of war
crimes such as torture and unlawful killing.
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