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Title: | Understanding the 'failure' of the Séléka rebellion |
Author: | Vlavonou, Gino |
Year: | 2014 |
Periodical: | African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128) |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 318-326 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Central African Republic |
Subjects: | rebellions political conditions |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2014.931624 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the downfall of the Séléka rebellion, which staged a coup in the Central African Republic in March 2013. The coup plunged the country into violence and chaos, and there has been an uneasy quest for peace ever since. This article explains why the leader of the rebellion lost control over his troops and was finally pushed by regional actors to leave power. The article concludes that the Séléka rebellion was already fragile and, together with the poor leadership demonstrated by the coalition leader, the rebellion was unable to hold on to power. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |