Ali Darassa

Ali Darassa

Ali Darassa is the leader of the Central African rebel group, the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC), which is dominant around Bambari.[1] He is an ethnic Fula (also known as Peul) and his UPC is largely Fula. The UPC is an Ex-seleka faction made up of disbanded members of the former rebel coalition known as Seleka. Starting in November 2016, another Ex-seleka faction, the FPRC, allied with their former enemy, the Anti-balaka, and attacked UPC.[2][3] The fighting displaced 20,000 and was ethnic in nature with the FPRC singling out Fulani people.[4][3] He is reportedly well studied in past UN peacekeeping missions in order to deal with the peacekeeping mission known as MINUSCA in the country.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "One day we will start a big war". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Central African Republic: Executions by rebel group". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "U.N. ‘KILLS REBEL COMMANDER’ IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AIRSTRIKES". Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "U.N. air strikes in Central African Republic kill several: militia". Reuters. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Peacekeeping, African warlords and Donald Trump". BBC news. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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