Editing Central African Armed Forces (section)

===Garde républicaine (GR)===
{{Main|Republican Guard (Central African Republic)}}
The Presidential Guard (''garde présidentielle'') or Republican Guard is officially part of FACA but it is often regarded as a separate entity under the direct command of the President. Since 2010 the Guard has received training from South Africa and Sudan, with Belgium and Germany providing support.<ref name="dcaf1">[https://issat.dcaf.ch/Learn/Resource-Library/Country-Profiles/Central-African-Republic-Background-Note#presidential Central African Republic Background Note — Security Sector Reform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322081810/https://issat.dcaf.ch/Learn/Resource-Library/Country-Profiles/Central-African-Republic-Background-Note#presidential |date=2018-03-22 }}. [[DCAF]]. 2 February 2015.</ref> GR consists of so-called patriots that fought for Bozizé when he seized power in 2003 (mainly from the Gbaya tribe), together with soldiers from Chad. They are guilty of numerous assaults on the civil population, such as terror, aggression, sexual violence. Only a couple of months after Bozizé's seizure of power, in May 2003, taxi and truck drivers conducted a strike against these outrages.<ref name="two" /> However, post-civil leaders have been cautious in attempting to significantly reform the Republican Guard.<ref name="dcaf1" />