2004 In November 2004, at least 20 people were killed in a raid on the remote town of
Birao in the north-east of the Central African Republic. Twenty members of the government were killed, and only three of the rebels died in this attack. It was also confirmed that the UFDR had gained access to several armored vehicles, including a plane that landed in Birao earlier to bring supplies. Just three days later, claims stated that a fourth town,
Ouadda, had been captured by the rebels. When the 20,000 residents of the city heard that the UFDR was going to capture the town, between 5,000 and 10,000 of those people fled, mostly to the neighboring cities of Bambari and Bangui. The UFDR were reportedly planning to take over the city of
Bria, though rumours also supported that an additional attack may occur in
Ndele. In December 2006, Chadian troops in three army trucks attacked
Bémal, located next to
Bétoko, firing randomly at the population and taking 32 cows from the village, as well as farming implements and sacks of peanuts. In August 2007 Miskine was appointed as a presidential adviser. Miskine rejected the appointment, saying that the government had violated the Syrte agreement, in particular that it would fail to protect him from prosecution by the
International Criminal Court. The Court had started investigating numerous war crimes that allegedly occurred during Bozize's 2002-03 coup attempt against the Patasse government, in which Miskine had been a top aide.
2008 On 9 May 2008 the APRD signed a cease fire and peace agreement with the government in
Libreville. The agreement was completed under the auspices of an ad hoc committee of
CEMAC led by President
Omar Bongo of
Gabon.
Jean Jacques Demafouth signed on behalf of the APRD and DDR minister
Cyriaque Gonda on behalf of the government. A six-person board was established to monitor the implementation of the agreement's terms. The APRD agreement paved the way for further peace talks. On 21 June 2008 the FDPC joined the APRD and UFDR in signing the Libreville Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which reiterated and extended the provisions of the previous two agreements. On 25 August 2008 the CPJP finally acceded to the Libreville comprehensive agreement.
2011 The CPJP and UFDR continued to fight over control of artisanal diamond fields in western CAR, especially around Bria. In April the CPJP announced that it was ready to end fighting, but made the initiation of peace talks conditional on a clarification by the government of the status of former CPJP head
Charles Massi, who had been missing and presumed to have been killed in a government prison. After intensified government and international mediation efforts, the CPJP signed a ceasefire with the government on June 12. Violence soon resumed and more than 50 deaths were reported in September 2011. On 8 October the CPJP and the UFDR (now aligned with the government) signed a peace agreement in Bangui, calling for the demilitarization of Bria.
2012 On 10 December 2012, the
conflict restarted with rebel groups accusing President
Bozizé of violating the terms of their earlier agreement. The new rebel coalition, known as
Séléka, overthrew Bozizé and took the capital,
Bangui, on 24 March 2013, and rebel leader
Michel Djotodia declared himself
President of the Central African Republic. The war ended. == Human rights violations and crimes ==