Commitment note

  • Country/entity
    Central African Republic
  • Region
    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name
    Commitment note
  • Date
    18 May 2019
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Central African Republic Conflicts (1996 - ) )
  • Stage
    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature
    Inter-group
  • Peace process
    CAR: Local Processes
  • Parties
    Signatory parties:
    Com-Zone UPC Amadou-Sallet
    Anti-G Balakas CB Edmond Obrou
    MINUSCA captain in Tagbara
    The mayor of Oron Djafoune Seni-Maloum
    The mayor
  • Third parties
    -
  • Description
    Short note of between the Anti-Balaka in Mambissu and the UPC in Tagbara, commiting to respect the Khartoum agreements, and provisions regarding oxen theft, respecting farmers' breeding areas, social cohesion, free movement, and resolving conflicts through dialogue.

Local agreement properties

  • Process type
    Unable to establish
  • Rationale
    The agreement is very brief and contains no details about the context of the meeting or how it was organised, and secondary searches have not generated any additional information.
  • Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
    Yes
  • Link to national process: articulated rationale
    The agreement states that the parties 'Commit to respecting the Khartoum agreements on peace, social cohesion, and cohabitation'. The Khartoum agreement is the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic (also known as the Khartoum Accord), which was signed between the national government of CAR and multiple groups, and guaranteed and facilitated by the African Union, international actors, and neighbouring states.
  • Name of Locale
    N/A
  • Nature Of Locale
    Other
  • GPS Lat/Long (DD)
    5.890532, 21.101510
  • Participant type
    Local state actor
    Local armed group
    International or transnational actor
  • Mediator, facilitator or similar
    No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

  • Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)

    No specific mention.

  • Grievance List

    No specific mention.

  • Cattle rustling/banditry
    Page 1,
    In this respect, we commit to:
    - Stopping the theft of oxen from farmers’ harnesses.
    - Respecting the two farmers’ breeding areas.
  • Social cover

    No specific mention.

Commitment note

Relating to the meeting of 05/18/019 at the Seko parish

We: Edmond Obrou, CB of the Anti-Balaka in Mambissi AND Amadou-Sallet, Colonel of the UPC in Tagbara

Commit to respecting the Khartoum agreements on ​peace, social cohesion, and cohabitation.

In this respect, we commit to:

Stopping the theft of oxen from farmers’ harnesses.

Respecting the two farmers’ breeding areas.

Ensuring the civilian population is committed to respecting peace, social cohesion, and cohabitation.

Ensuring the two armed groups allow the population to circulate freely as in the past

Ensuring the Anti-Balakas and the UPC are now committed to resolving their conflicts through dialogue and not by arms.

Signatory parties:

Com-Zone UPC Amadou-Sallet

Anti-G Balakas CB Edmond Obrou

MINUSCA captain in Tagbara

The mayor of Oron Djafoune Seni-Maloum

The mayor