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| Chad sends troops into Central African Republic to help stop rebel advance |
| 2012-12-19 |
| Chadian troops entered the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) on Tuesday following an appeal from Bangui's President Francois Bozize after rebels seized a number of key towns, a CAR military official said. Chad sent troops into neighboring Central African Republic on Tuesday to help the government there stop a rapid advance by rebels that risks sparking a new spiral of violence in the mineral-rich nation. The rebels killed 15 government soldiers during the capture on Tuesday of Bria, a diamond mining town about 600 km (360 miles) northeast of the capital Bangui and the sixth town to fall to the insurgents in little over a week. A coalition of three rebel factions is threatening to overthrow the Bozize government, demanding respect for different peace accords signed between 2007 and 2011. Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is a close ally of Bozize whom he helped when the high-ranking army officer seized power in 2003. |
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