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RIVAL groups fighting for control of the Central African Republic (CAR) have signed a ceasefire deal in Nairobi.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta hosted the signing on Wednesday between anti-Balaka leader Joachim Kokate and former president and ex-Seleka leader Michel Djotodia.
The two agreed to “stop hostilities” and “open a new chapter of political stability.”
However, the talks are not backed by the transitional government in CAR. Communications Minister Georges Adrien Poussou told Reuters that “it’s not a real accord, it’s a series of grievances from two armed groups which hold the country hostage.”
The conflict broke out in late 2012, when Seleka rebels, unhappy with slow progress after a previous peace deal, marched on the capital Bangui.
Since then a transitional government has been set up and international peacekeepers deployed.
But rebel groups have continued to fight and many civilians have been killed, particularly members of the country’s Muslim minority.
