He facilitated the capture of power by François Bozizé in 2003 and then his removal and replacement 10 years later by Michel Djotodia...
While Congo-Kinshasa signalled its dislike of Touadéra by welcoming ex-President Michel Djotodia as if he were still a head of state Angola smoulders over the failure of its 2017 mediation with the armed groups...
Meanwhile the former Séléka President Michel Djotodia met a Russian delegation in Kinshasa (he went to university in Russia)...
Among the documents uncovered by anti-corruption NGO Global Witness is a paper signed by Nourredine Adam – the Séléka's powerful head of intelligence operations – asking then-President Michel Djotodia to impose a tax on miners to increase profits from the diamond trade...
In a January interview with the French weekly Jeune Afrique Déby went further than expected and endorsed the idea that the talks could even include two former presidents General François Bozizé and Michel Djotodia and they could be allowed to return to Bangui (AC Vol 55 No 2 Risky hunt for a new leader)...
He is also paying a price for remaining an ally of Nicolas Tiangaye ex-President Michel Djotodia's Prime Minister who is widely blamed for not doing enough to curb abuses by the Séléka militia...
More intense fighting could be the result of meetings between Séléka and Anti-Balaka hardliners in June in Cotonou Benin where ex-President Michel Djotodia is living (AC Vol 55 No 2 Risky hunt for a new leader)...
He returned in 2013 to become the Chef de Cabinet of the Séléka leader Michel Djotodia who overthrew Bozizé...
They back deposed President Michel Djotodia a Muslim who before he overthrew President François Bozizé in March 2013 was CAR Consul in Nyala (AC Vol 54 No 7 Séléka takes power)...
Politically however they are neutral and now that Séléka and ex-President Michel Djotodia have lost power they have achieved their main objective...
