"FAILURE HAS MANY FATHERS" 1

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN CENTRAL AFRICA AND EXPLAIN THE FALL OF BOZIZE REGIME...WELLCOME ANG GET SOMETHING ABOUT OUR FELLOW AFRICANS - CENTRAL AFRICA.

Central African Republic: Failure Has Many Fathers - the Coup in the Central African Republic

                                                                             PART 1

ANALYSIS

The Seleka rebels have taken control of Bangui. What does this mean for the future of the long-troubled central African country?
On Sunday, 24 March 2013, the Seleka rebel alliance in Central African Republic (CAR) took the capital Bangui. President François Bozizé fled to Cameroon. A number of South African troops in Bangui were killed in a fight with the rebels.
Seleka leaders now claim to be in control of the government. One of its leaders, Michel Djotodia, reportedly declared himself president and said he would remain in that role for three years. The African Union imposed sanctions on the coup leaders and urged others to do the same.

What is Seleka?
The Seleka - which means alliance in the national language, Sango - is a coalition of several armed groups such as the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR), the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) and the Wa Kodro Salute Patriotic Convention (CPSK), joined by fighters coming from Chad and Darfur.
This coalition came from the northeast of the Central African Republic and reached the doorstep of the capital city, Bangui, at the end of December 2012.
The emergence of the Seleka coalition resulted from the absence of a solution to the problem of the armed groups in northeastern CAR; the lack of a programme of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) for these fighters; and a crippled security system.
The leaders, the components and the initial demands of the Seleka have been features of the Central African political and security landscape for a long time. For instance, the disarmament of the fighters has been planned since the agreements of Libreville in 2008, but it has never taken place due to the lack of political will of the Bozizé regime.
The rebels of the Seleka mainly come from the northeast of the country.
This region is geographically isolated, historically marginalised and almost stateless. The lack of governance in the Vakaga and Haute Kotto regions, the permeable borders and the widespread contraband of weapons and other goods constituted the perfect terrain for the development of armed groups, giving rise to the Seleka.

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART TWO.........
 

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