Enter Bozizé

General François Bozizé, Bangui's new strongman, has quickly consolidated after seizing power on 15 March. Government troops made no resistance as Bozizé's men swept in while President Ange-Félix Patassé was at a summit in Niger. Patassé is now staying at Yaoundé's Hilton Hotel in Cameroon.

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François Bozizé, Ange-Félix Patassé, Niger, Cameroon, France, United States, Gabon, Jean Ping, Congo-Brazzaville, Rodolphe Adada, Abel Goumba, Martin Ziguilé, Côte d'Ivoire, Robert Gueï, Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, Chad, Idriss Déby, Abdoulaye Miskine, Paul Barril

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