On Jan. 11, a cease-fire and an agreement to form a coalition government was signed by the government of the Central African Republic and Seleka, an alliance of rebel groups, which had taken control of large areas of the country in the previous weeks. International peacekeeping forces will monitor the cease-fire in the troubled nation, which has seen little stability since declaring its independence from France in 1960.
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