Central African Republic's President Faustin Archange Touadera. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Sudan has summoned the Central African Republic (CAR) ambassador
to protest the deadly attack on its embassy in Bangui, Foreign Affairs
ministry said.
Mr Abdul Rahim Abdullah was summoned by
the Khartoum authorities on Saturday after CAR police attacked the
Sudanese embassy on Friday, occasioning the death of one member of
staff.
“The Foreign ministry has summoned the CAR
ambassador in Khartoum Abdul Rahim Abdullah in order to protest against
the attack on the Sudanese embassy in Bangui," the ministry said in
statement.
Was overthrown
However,
the statement said CAR President Faustin Archange Touadera and the
Interior ministry had promised to bring the perpetrators of the attack
to justice.
One of the world's poorest countries, the
CAR spiralled into bloodshed after long-time leader Francois Bozize was
overthrown in 2013 by a mainly Muslim rebel alliance called the Seleka.
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intervened militarily to push out the Seleka alliance, but the country
remains plagued by violence between ex-rebels and vigilante militias.
Many armed groups are nominally organised along Christian or Muslim affiliations.
They both typically gain their revenue from extortion, roadblocks or mineral resources.
Claim to control
President
Touadera governs with the support of a large UN peacekeeping operation,
yet can only claim to control a fraction of the country.
His election in 2016 was hailed as a turning-point in one of the world's most chronically unstable countries.
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