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 BIRAO, Central African Republic (AP) - Central African Republic has struggled for more than a year to contain a rebellion in the northwest. Now, a new insurgency in the northeast near Sudan's Darfur region has compounded this fragile nation's troubles and displaced tens of thousands of people.
"The security situation was always deplorable, but it's gotten worse with Darfur," regional Gov. Franck Francis Gazi told The Associated Press in Birao, the sun-blasted capital of Vakaga, a region held for a month by rebels until late 2006. "The conflict in Sudan has consequences for us. There is a cause and effect."
President Francois Bozize accuses Sudan's Omar al-Bashir of backing the northeastern rebels, charges Sudan denies. Diplomats and U.N. officials say it's unclear who is supporting them, but insurgents are believed to operate in part from bases in Darfur.
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