A ceasefire agreement has been signed in Rome between the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and rebel groups in the country.
The truce, which takes effect immediately, will see armed groups in the CAR included in the political process in exchange for ending attacks. The agreement was brokered by the Sant'Edigio Catholic Community in the wake of several years of sectarian violence between mainly Christian and Muslim militias, and the deployment of a long-running United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country.
A general view of the refugee camp near the airport in Bangui on December 19, 2013. Amnesty International said today the Central African Republic's mostly Muslim ex-rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital Bangui two weeks ago in a rampage avenging deadly Christian militia attacks.