\n Central African Republic authorities have detained a rebel leader and former minister who has been charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes, a prosecutor said Friday.\n<\/p>\n
\n Armel Sayo, who was wanted in connection with several attacks on the army, was detained in Cameroon and had been in the Central African Republic since Monday, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to local media, he was detained in Cameroon in January as he tried to take a flight to France.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sayo, 45, is head of the Military Coalition for the Salvation of the People and Recovery (CMSPR). He had previously been a minister in several governments.\n<\/p>\n
\n He was wanted in connection with several attacks but prosecutors said they stepped up formal requests for his transfer after a raid in the Markounda region in the north of the country that was blamed on the CMSPR.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"A judicial investigation has been opened against him on charges of criminal association, war crimes, crimes against humanity and rebellion,\" the prosecution statement said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Prosecutors said associates of Sayo had also been detained.\n<\/p>\n
\n The country has been hit by repeat uprisings since its independence in 1960. While the army, backed by mercenaries from the Russian group Wagner and Rwandan troops, has improved security, violence has persisted in the northwest and east of Central African Republic.\n<\/p>\n
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\n chef rebelle Armel Sayo a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 au Cameroun et est d\u00e9tenu en Centrafrique depuis lundi pour crime contre l'humanit\u00e9, crime de guerre et atteinte \u00e0 la suret\u00e9 de l'Etat, selon un communiqu\u00e9 paru vendredi du procureur de la R\u00e9publique de Bangui.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cet ancien ministre centrafricain et chef du groupe arm\u00e9 CMSPR (Coalition militaire pour le salut du peuple et du redressement), \u00e9tait en fuite et recherch\u00e9 pour son implication pr\u00e9sum\u00e9e dans plusieurs attaques violentes contre les Forces arm\u00e9es Centrafricaines (FACA).\n<\/p>\n
\n Une attaque du mois de f\u00e9vrier 2025 sur la localit\u00e9 de Markounda au nord du pays a entrain\u00e9 l'\u00e9mission d'un \"avis de poursuite et de recherche contre Mr Armel Mingatoloum Sayo\", indique le communiqu\u00e9.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"Cet acte judiciaire a permis l'arrestation de ce dernier sur le territoire camerounais alors qu'une information judiciaire est ouverte contre lui des chefs d'inculpation d'association de malfaiteurs, crimes de guerre, crimes contre l'humanit\u00e9 et r\u00e9bellion\" poursuit le texte du procureur qui ajoute que Mr Sayo est aussi poursuivi pour \"atteinte \u00e0 la suret\u00e9 int\u00e9rieure de l'Etat\".\n<\/p>\n
\n Selon la presse locale, Armel Sayo a \u00e9t\u00e9 extrad\u00e9 vers la prison militaire de haute s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du camp Roux \u00e0 Bangui apr\u00e8s une p\u00e9riode de quatre mois dans une prison camerounaise suivant son arrestation le 17 janvier \u00e0 l'a\u00e9roport de Douala o\u00f9 ce bi-national Franco-centrafricain s'\u00e9tait rendu pour fuir en France.\n<\/p>\n
\n D'autres \"coauteurs ou complices\" ont \u00e9t\u00e9 interpell\u00e9s et plac\u00e9s en d\u00e9tention, selon le communiqu\u00e9 du procureur qui appelle la population Centrafricaine \u00e0 d\u00e9noncer toute personne \"associ\u00e9e de pr\u00e8s ou de loin au projet visant \u00e0 replonger la R\u00e9publique Centrafricaine dans un nouveau cycle de violence\".\n<\/p>\n
\n La Centrafrique subit des conflits r\u00e9currents depuis son ind\u00e9pendance de la France en 1960. La situation s\u00e9curitaire s'est am\u00e9lior\u00e9e sous la pression de l'arm\u00e9e centrafricaine (Faca) appuy\u00e9e par le groupe paramilitaire russe Wagner et l'arm\u00e9e rwandaise, mais les violences persistent notamment sur les axes routiers, dans le nord-ouest, et l'est.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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