1958
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Self-government within French Equatorial Africa
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1960
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Independence of the CAR with David Dacko as president
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1962
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The CAR becomes a one-party state with Dacko’s Mouvement d’Évolution Sociale de l’Afrique Noire (MESAN) as the only party
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1965
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Dacko ousted by army commander Jean-Bédel Bokassa
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1979
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Bokassa ousted by Dacko
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1981
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Dacko deposed in a coup by army commander André Kolingba
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1984
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Amnesty for all political party leaders declared
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1986
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Elections with Kolingba as unopposed winner
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1991
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Ban on political parties lifted by Kolingba under national and international pressure
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1992
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Multiparty presidential and parliamentary elections, later annulled by the supreme court on the grounds of widespread irregularities
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1993
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Ange-Félix Patassé elected president in elections declared free and fair
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1996 – 1997
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National army soldiers stage mutinies and Parliament adopts amnesty laws in May 1996 and March 1997
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1999
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Patassé re-elected president
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2001
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Coup attempt by Kolingba and army chief of staff François Bozizé
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2002
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Coup attempt by Bozizé, subdued with help of Libyan forces
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2003
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Bozizé seizes Bangui, declares himself president and dissolves Parliament
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2004
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New Constitution approved
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2005
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Bozizé declared winner of fraudulent presidential elections
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2007 February
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Abdoulaye Miskine’s rebel group FDPC signs peace accord with President Bozizé in Syrte, Libya
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2008 June
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Two of three main rebel groups (UFDR and APRD) sign peace accord which includes DDR provisions with CAR government in Libreville, Gabon
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2008 September
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Parliament adopts amnesty law to further peace talks between rebels and government
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2008 December
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Government-rebel peace deal with provision of consensus government and elections in March 2010
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2009 January
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National unity government with rebel representatives nominated
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2009 February
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Ugandan LRA rebels cross into the CAR
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2011 January
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Presidential and parliamentary elections, Bozizé declared winner
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2012 August
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Rebel group CPJP finally signs the 2008 Libreville peace agreement
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2012 August
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UFDR and break-away CPJP factions form the Séléka rebel alliance
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2013 January
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Ceasefire Agreement between Séléka rebels and government in Libreville, Gabon, lasts for a few days only (Government says Séléka responsible)
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2013 March
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Séléka rebels overrun the capital and seize power, Bozizé flees
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2013 May
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Diamond trading ban imposed by the Kimberley Process
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2013 August
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Séléka leader Michel Djotodia sworn in as president
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2013 September
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Djotodia dissolves Séléka alliance
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2014 January
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Djotodia forced to resign over criticism that he failed to stop sectarian violence, Samba-Panza takes over as interim president
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2014 January
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7 key political parties form the AFDT alliance
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2014 July
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Séléka and Anti-balaka forces agree to a tentative ceasefire at talks in Brazzaville
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2014 August
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Prime Minister Mahamat Kamoun tasked with leading the new transitional government
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2014 September
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UN formally establishes their peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA)
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2015 January
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Interim government rejects ceasefire deal signed in Nairobi by Bozizé and Djotodia
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2015 Jan-March
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Grassroots consultations
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2015 May
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Forum de Bangui
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