The leader of the African Union, Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi, has proposed a government of national unity to resolve the rebel conflict in Central African Republic.
Boni Yayi arrived here Sunday to try to find a negotiated resolution to the country’s crisis. The president of the African Union met with President Francois Bozize and then made an appeal to the rebels.
“I beg my rebellious brothers, I ask them to cease hostilities, to make peace with President (Francois) Bozize and the Central African people,” said Boni Yayi at a press conference in Bangui, the capital. “If you stop fighting, you are helping to consolidate peace in Africa. African people do not deserve all this suffering. The African continent needs peace and not war.”