DIPLOMATIC MILITARY-POLITICAL CONFLICTS AND PEACE KEEPING: THE EXAMPLE OF THE BANGUI AGREEMENT (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC) Cover Image

CONFLITS MILITARO POLITIQUES ET RECHERCHE DE LA PAIX PAR VOIE DIPLOMATIQUE: L’EXEMPLE DE L’ACCORD DE BANGUI (REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE)
DIPLOMATIC MILITARY-POLITICAL CONFLICTS AND PEACE KEEPING: THE EXAMPLE OF THE BANGUI AGREEMENT (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC)

Author(s): Narcisse Landry Kevis Kossi
Subject(s): Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: military-political conflicts; search for peace; diplomatic channels; Bangui agreement; Central African Republic;

Summary/Abstract: The Central African Republic and since 2013, the theater of many conflicts military political. Poverty, nepotism, clientelism, ethnocentrism, bad governance is indexed as determining factors of theses recurring military political conflicts in Central African Republic. In the face of these shortcomings, the predominantly Muslim- dominated séléka rebel groups and the predominantly Christian Anti balaka are in perpetual confrontation. Threats have been made to split the country. Conflicts ended in a coup d’état against former President Francois Bozizé&, who was ousted by the leader of the séléka rebellion, Niche Djotodja, the first Muslim Central African President. However, to this day, the consequences of these conflicts continue to cause serious harm to the civilian population. Women have been raped houses, mosques and churches looted and ransacked, and so on. The objective of this article is to highlight the diplomatic channels used by the CAR to manage conflicts, in this case the Karthoum agreement signed in Bangui on February 6, 2019. Based on a “ bottom-up” systemic approach, this study has shown that the perceptions of Central Africans related to the peace agreement signed in Bangui vary from one individual to another and according to socio-professional category as a “ tool for peace “ or not.

  • Issue Year: 65/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 199-225
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: French