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BANGUI, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Rebels in the Central African
Republic advanced on the capital, Bangui, on Wednesday having
passed the last remaining major government-controlled town to
the north, three sources said.
A military source and an aid worker said the rebels had
reached Damara, 75 km (47 miles) from Bangui, by late afternoon,
having skirted Sibut, where some 150 Chadian soldiers had
earlier been deployed to try and block a push south by a rebel
coalition.
“It is true, they are at the gates of Bangui,” a government
official told Reuters, asking not to be named.
