
CAR Agreement Calls For Truth Commission
Central African Republic peace deal calls for Truth Commission within 90 days.
More details have emerged of the deal struck between the government of the Central African Republic and several separate rebel groups. One element is a call for for Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be set up within 90 days.
Plus Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo makes a surprise campaign visit to the Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, with the election just days away.
And the Resident Presidents are intrigued by space travel to the far side of the moon.
(Image: Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera (L) signing the peace deal next to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum. Credit: AFP)
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