UN peacekeepers arrested Rodrigue Nagibona, alias General Andjilo, who had been on the run for several months, yesterday in the northwest of the impoverished country, the prosecutors said.
A Cameroonian contingent of the UN force known by the acronym MINUSCA arrested Andjilo in the town of Bouca after a firefight with "his men", a judicial source said.
"General Andjilo is wanted for multiple crimes including killings, rebellion, illegal possession of weapons of war, criminal association, rape and pillage," said Maurice Dibert-Dollet, Bangui's general prosecutor.
Mostly Muslim Seleka fighters backed by armed Muslim civilians have battled the anti-balaka, who emerged in mainly Christian communities to avenge attacks and atrocities, but are themselves accused of serious abuses.