P'Comite de Suivi de la Accord de Paix et de Reconciliation Bangassou

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Country/entity: Central African Republic
Region: Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name: P'Comite de Suivi de la Accord de Paix et de Reconciliation Bangassou
Date: 29 Nov 2018
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/local conflict
Central African Republic Conflicts (1996 - )
The Central African Republic conflict is one of a set of regionally connected conflicts addressed by the African Great Lakes process. After the country gained independence from France in 1960 it has been ruled by a sequence of autocratic leaders that principally gained power through coups. Since the mid-1990s several waves of internal conflict took place in the Central African Republic, primarily along tribal, and later-on increasingly sectarian, lines. In 1996 and 1997, French troops and soldiers from neighbouring countries intervened to end a mutiny in the capital, Bangui, by factions of the army. The fighting was predominantly along tribal lines, with southern tribes in revolt against the ‘northern’ government. A UN mission was installed in 1998 to secure the truce.
After General Bozizé took control of the country after several coup attempts in 2003, a ‘bush war’ began led by armed opposition forces. From late 2006 onward, government troops with French military support severely weakened the rebels. Following this, a number of agreements were signed during 2007-2008, but not all factions have accepted them. In 2011, Bozizé was re-elected in supposedly fraudulent elections, which resulted in a new wave of uprisings. Séléka, an alliance of northern rebel groups, took over parts of the country and forced Bozizé to agree to a power-sharing deal. However, after this agreement broke down, Séléka took control of Bangui and Bozizé had to flee the country in 2013. Leader of Séléka, Michel Djotodia, took office and officially disbanded Séléka. However, continual violence between ex-Séléka groups and opposing militias, collectively known as ‘anti-balaka’, persisted and Djotodia was forced to resign less than a year later. Catherine Samba-Panza was installed as interim president until Faustin Archange Touadéra was elected in January 2016. In February 2019 an agreement was signed between the government and fourteen armed groups, including ex-Seleka groups, committed to disarmament. However, violence between ex-Seleka groups and anti-balaka continues.
Stage: Implementation/renegotiation
Conflict nature: Inter-group
Peace process: CAR: Local Processes
Parties: The deputy prefect of Bangassou
Third parties: -
Description: The agreement is a summary of meetings of the monitoring committee that is overseeing an agreement to re-establish peace in Bangassou. The summary was prepared by the deputy prefect of Banassou.

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Local agreement properties

Process type: Formal structured process
Rationale: This agreement resulted from a series of meetings organised by the Monitoring Committee of the Bangassou Peace and Reconciliation Agreement of 9 April 2018. The document is part of a series of communications of the committee in the context of the local peace process for Bangassou and parts of the Mbomou prefecture.
Is there a documented link to a national peace process?: No
Link to national process: articulated rationale: Neither the agreement text nor limited background research suggests a link to the national-level peace process.
Name of Locale: City of Bangassou and the Mbomou prefecture
Nature of Locale: Region
GPS Lat/Long (DD): 4.735668, 22.818740
Participant type: Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations
Mediator, facilitator or similar: Mediator or similar referred to
Mediator (references): Facilitator: Monitoring Committee of the Bangassou Peace and Reconciliation Agreement
Type of mediator/facilitator/similar: Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations

Local issues

Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture): No specific mention.
Grievance List: Page 1, The specific objective of these meetings was to ask the opinion of everyone on the issue of returning displaced persons to the displaced persons site of the small seminar in Tokoyo, as well as returning the Central African refugees from Nduh who seek to go back to the city of Bangassou.
Cattle rustling/banditry: No specific mention.
Social cover: No specific mention.

MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE BANGASSOU PEACE AND RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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SUMMARY OF MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY THE MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT

As part of its activities to implement the recommendations of 09 April and 05 June to reestablish peace, social cohesion, cohabitation, and to aid the socio-economic recovery of the city of Bangassou as well as the prefecture Mbomou;

The Monitoring Committee organized a series of meetings with the different social strata of the 3rd arrondissement from 22 to 28 November 2018.

The specific objective of these meetings was to ask the opinion of everyone on the issue of returning displaced persons to the displaced persons site of the small seminar in Tokoyo, as well as returning the Central African refugees from Nduh who seek to go back to the city of Bangassou.

All interventions from the sages, the women, the young, the former self-defense members, the governors and the pastors of the 3rd district, and the economic operators, made it clear that the principle of returning those displaced, is accepted by all, and it would be advisable to recommend to the Government of the Central African Republic, to MINUSCA, and to the International Organization of Migration (IOM), the implementation of the accompanying measures.

These will ensure the peaceful return of those displaced to their neighborhood of origin, the 3rd arrondissement of TOKOYO.

In the meantime, the Monitoring Committee will fix a day when all the displaced, the authorities, MINUSCA, and partners of the indigenous population of the 3rd district can meet to clean up the properties of those displaced to Tokoyo.

Participants also wished to spread awareness in both communities of any changes in language and behavior that may create tensions.

In addition, they requested the government and MINUSCA to reopen the Bangassou - Bambari road.

If by the end of the month of December 2018 nothing is done the population will take responsibility to secure their own future.

Furthermore, the Monitoring Committee urges the political and administrative authorities, the judicial authorities, and the defense and security forces to ensure the safety of those returned in their original neighborhoods.

This will consolidate peace, social cohesion, and cohabitation and aid in the socio-economic rise of the city of Bangassou and the Prefecture of Mbomou.

As MINUSCA is an essential partner in this process of relocation of displaced persons, the MINUSCA Bangassou office should make a plea to their humanitarian partners to come to the immediate relief of the displaced, by providing them with the necessary means to resettle with dignity In the various interventions of the participants, the question of reopening the prison was raised, which could contribute to improving the climate of mistrust between the communities, as well as strengthening the effectiveness of the Internal Security Forces (FSI) in maintaining order in the city and eradicating juvenile delinquency.

We hereby remind all guests that the Monitoring Committee is not an institution of the State, that it works for a limited time, and that it does not have a power of repression.

To consolidate this peace, justice must do its work without passiveness or bias when treating offenses.

This will dissuade the deviants of society in their malicious behavior that could compromise the peace of the population.

Each service must do its job to reassure the population, because there are complaints on the behavior of some officials who do not seek to contribute to strengthening and consolidating the peace.

Thus, the desired objective has been achieved.

All that remains is the assistance of partners and the government in concrete action in the field

The deputy prefect of Bangassou