Francoise korako describes how uniformed fighters of Seleka crushed her husband's head with rifle butts. His limp body was left bleeding outside her home in Dekoa, a farming village 260 kilometres (162 miles) north of Bangui, the capital, as a warning to anyone else who might challenge them. Seleka, meaning "alliance" in Sango, one of the languages of the Central African Republic (car), has ruled the country with exemplary brutality since it ousted Frangois Bozize in March, when he fled for his life to neighbouring Cameroon. This followed a three-month advance from Seleka's stronghold in the north to Bangui in the south. On their way, the rebels raped and pillaged unhindered.
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