Rebels on the streets after invading the capital

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(25 Mar 2013) SHOTLIST • 1. Zoom in to Seleka rebels passing on motorbikes • 2. Pan of rebels passing on a pickup truck • 3. Wide of Central African Multinational Forces (FOMAC) deployed on streets to escort diplomats and provide security • 4. SOUNDBITE (French) Lieutenant Umar Sarik, spokesman for Seleka rebel forces: ++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: VERY ROUGH TRANSLATION++ • We entered the capital when we had repelled the forces on the other side, which launched an attack on the two columns, because we came here with two columns, one column which came along the road from Banli and the other on the road from Damara, and two which fought against the South Africans, we know that they came from Banli in one militia group. You journalists saw that, we encountered resistance at Bangui. • 5. Various of rebel soldiers inside presidential palace compound • 6. Wide of presidential palace, a vehicle carrying rebel soldiers drives up the road, AUDIO: gunfire • STORYLINE • The Central African Republic's new leadership appeared fragmented on Monday, with a split emerging in the rebel coalition that seized the capital and now patrols it's streets in armed convoys. • The African Union on Monday imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on seven leaders of the rebel coalition, known as Seleka, and said their advance had undermined prospects for a lasting solution to the crisis in the landlocked country. • It urged African states to deny any sanctuary and cooperation to the rebel chiefs. • The President of the Central African Republic Francois Bozize fled the country for Cameroon after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked by rebellions. • South Africa said on Monday that 13 of its soldiers were killed in fighting with rebels, prompting criticism about why its forces had intervened in such a volatile conflict. • Some 200 South African soldiers were deployed at the Bangui base. • Estimates of the size of the rebel force that attacked them ranged from at least five to 15 times bigger, raising questions about the security precautions and reconnaissance abilities of the South African contingent. • General Solly Shoke, South Africa's military chief, said 3,000 rebels armed with mortars and heavy machine guns took part in the fighting. • The bulk of the fighting occurred on Saturday, though rebels contacted South African forces early on Sunday to arrange an uneasy truce, the military chief said. • Soldiers from the Seleka rebel coalition are now in the presidential palace compound, controlling the building that once acted as president's seat of power. • The rebels' invasion of the capital came two months after they signed a peace agreement that would have let Bozize serve until 2016. • That deal unravelled in recent days, prompting the insurgents' advance into Bangui, where French troops moved to secure the airport. • • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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