The deal is the eighth attempt to bring peace to the conflict-wracked, impoverished state since 2012.
BANGUI - The government of the Central African Republic and armed groups that had joined it in a peace deal have reached an agreement to form an "inclusive government," the African Union said Wednesday.
Signed in the CAR capital Bangui on February 6 after negotiations in Sudan, it brings together the CAR government and 14 armed groups who control most of the country. Under the peace accord's provisions, President Faustin-Archange Touadera agreed to form an "inclusive" government.
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