The new government of Central Africa, appointed by presidential decree on Friday, includes ministers from armed groups that signed last month’s peace deal.
Under the provisions of a peace accord — signed in the CAR capital Bangui on February 6 — President Faustin-Archange Touadera agreed to form an “inclusive” government.
But within weeks, the deal was under strain — five militia groups either pulled out of the new government or rejected its makeup.
Four members of the armed groups who were signatories to the deal are now in government.
They include Abdoulaye Miskine, head of the Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC), who becomes minister in charge of modernisation.
Mr Miskine is a former ally of the Seleka rebels, an armed coalition of Islamist groups who seized power in the CAR capital Bangui between March and December 2013.
The bulk of the appointments announced earlier however, remain unchanged, in particular the main ministries.
The peace deal — the eighth since 2012 in the conflict-wracked, impoverished state — brought together the CAR government and 14 armed groups who control most of the country.
In addition to an inclusive government, the agreement called for a series of confidence-building measures, such as establishing joint patrols and the creation of a truth and justice commission within 90 days.
