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Background: - The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960.
- After
three tumultuous decades of misrule- mostly by military
governments-civilian rule was established on 1993 and lasted for one
decade.
- President Ange -Felix PATASSE's civilian government
was plagues by unrest, and in March 2003 he was deposed in a military
coup led by General François BOZIZE, who established a transitional
government.
- Tough the government has the tacit support of
civil society groups and the main parties, a wide field of candidates
contested the municipal, legislative and presidential elections held in
March and May 2005 in which general BOZIZE was affirmed as president.
- The government still does not fully control the countryside, were pockets of lawlessness persist.
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