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| Sectarian fighting has forced much of the Muslim population - and Seleka fighters - to flee to the north or to neighbouring countries |
Seleka rebels in
the Central African Republic have rejected a ceasefire deal and demanded the
country be partitioned between Muslims and Christians.
In an interview with the BBC's Andrew
Harding, Seleka military chief Joseph Zoundeiko said his forces would ignore
the ceasefire agreed on Thursday.
He said the deal had been negotiated
without proper input from the military wing of the former Seleka alliance.
Almost a quarter of the 4.6 million
population have fled their homes.
The peace agreement between mainly Muslim
Seleka rebels and the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia was signed in the
Congolese capital, Brazzaville.
Muslims have been forced to flee the
capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) and most of the west of the
country, in what rights groups described as ethnic cleansing.
Both sides have been accused of war crimes
such as torture and unlawful killing.
culled from www.bbc.co.uk
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