A short-lived truce in the Central African Republic.
The coalition of armed groups, which has been leading an offensive against the Central African government for a week, announced Friday it was breaking its three-day "unilateral ceasefire", expiring before the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday.
Faced with "the irresponsible stubbornness of the government" which would have "rejected" the ceasefire, the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), "decides to break the 72-hour truce that it had hitherto. imposed and resume its relentless march to its final goal, "according to a statement confirmed to AFP by two major rebel groups.
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