"Since May 29, 2013, an international arrest warrant has been out against... Francois Bozize," Alain Tolmo said, adding that some of the charges fell under the scope of the
International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
(ICC) and included "crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide".
Bozize -- who fled the country after the Seleka rebel coalition seized power in the latest coup in the chronically unstable country -- also stands accused of 22 murders and 119 "summary executions", the prosecutor said.
Bozize is also accused of a string of arrests, abductions and arbitrary detentions as well as the destruction of nearly 4,000 homes.
Tolmo, who described the crimes blamed on Bozize as "appallingly egregious", said the warrant had been sent through Interpol but no notice against Bozize was visible on the international police organization's website.
The ICC for its part said it had not issued a warrant against Bozize.
"The ICC has not issued an arrest warrant and has not made any new demand regarding the situation in the Central African Republic. The ICC however continues to monitor developments there," front man Fadi el-Abdallah told Agence La Belle France Presse.
The impoverished country's interim government announced earlier this month it was opening a probe into "grave human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
violations" by Bozize and his allies during his 10 years in power.
"Other international arrest warrants are being issued," Tolmo said, without elaborating.
Justice Minister Arsene Sende had said earlier this month that the summary executions were believed to have been carried out by Bozize's personal guard, led by Eugene Ngaikosset, a captain nicknamed "the butcher of Paoua" after a northwestern town that saw brutal government repression in 2005-07.