On 25 March the Defence Minister under the interim cabinet agreed at Libreville on 11 January Michel Djotodia declared himself President...
The Chairman of the rebel alliance Séléka Michel Djotodia should get the Defence Ministry as expected...
The Chairman of Séléka Michel Djotodia was a junior civil servant who in 2003 became CAR consul in Nyala capital of South Darfur Sudan not far from the CAR and Chadian borders (AC Vol 48 No 25 At last a possible peace)...
Its titular head is Zacharia Damane who signed a peace deal with the government in April and was made a presidential advisor; Damane's rivals are Abakar Sabone a former pro-Bozizé man who led protests in Bangui in 2004 and Michel Djotodia...