Editing Bangui (section)

=== 2013 rebellion ===
{{main|Battle of Bangui (2013)}}
[[File:VOA Bangui Refugees 02.jpg|thumb|A family shelters from the sun under tarpaulins from a refugee camp with bricks to rebuild their homes around them in the PK5 neighbourhood.]]
In late 2012, the [[Séléka]] coalition rebelled against the autocratic rule of [[François Bozizé]] and [[Central African Republic Civil War#Fall of Bangui|entered the city]]. After capturing [[Bria, Central African Republic|Bria]], [[Sibut]], and other important towns, they were on the verge of capturing [[Damara, Central African Republic|Damara]], the last strategic town before Bangui. France and the US refused to support the president and neighbouring countries reinforced the Central African Multinational Force (Fomac).<ref name=rebellion>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20889136|title=Central African Republic rebels halt advance on Bangui |date=2 January 2013|access-date=30 March 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In January 2013, the rebels terminated their operations, hoping for a negotiated settlement.<ref name=rebellion/> Following a [[ceasefire]] and a power-sharing agreement, Séléka and Bozizé agreed to honour the rebel's demands for the release of rebel prisoners and the expulsion of foreign troops from the country. The agreement allowed Bozizé to complete his term in office and to include members of Séléka in a new government. It was also agreed that fresh elections would be held in 2016.<ref name=century>{{cite encyclopedia|url= https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/102152/Central-African-Republic/254026/The-21st-century|title= Central African Republic|encyclopedia= The 21st century|access-date=31 March 2013|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> The agreement was not honoured and the rebels captured Bangui on 23 March 2013, forcing Bozizé to flee the capital.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21914825|title=Central African Republic rebels 'take president palace'|access-date=30 March 2013|publisher=BBC|date=24 March 2013}}</ref>

As of early January 2014, "around 500,000 have fled their homes" in Bangui, "almost half the city's population."<ref>
{{Cite news
| title = Nearly million people displaced by CAR conflict – UN
| work = BBC News
| access-date = 4 January 2014
| date = 3 January 2014
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25594002
}}</ref>

On 13 January 2021 around 200 rebels [[Battle of Bangui (2021)|attacked Bangui]], killing one peacekeeper before being repelled.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-13|title=Bullets and panic: rebels attack Central African Republic capital|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-security-idUSKBN29I0ZI|access-date=2023-02-12}}</ref>