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The usual religious/sectarian violence, France is called in to separate the two sides. 2 soldiers killed in action yesterday while on patrol.
In photos: Civilians armed with machetes roam CAR capital | The FRANCE 24 Observers
In photos: Civilians armed with machetes roam CAR capital | The FRANCE 24 Observers
In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, Ismael Hadjaro, a self-proclaimed colonel in the Seleka rebel movement that overthrew the country's president earlier this year, speaks to a reporter in the town of Bouca in the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Florence Richard)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, fighters from a Christian militia movement known as the "anti-balaka" display their makeshift weaponry in the village of Boubou, halfway between the towns of Bossangoa and Bouca, in the Central African Republic. France's foreign minister has warned that its former colony in central Africa is "on the verge of genocide" as attacks mount across the country's remote northwest between the mostly Muslim fighters of the Seleka rebel coalition who ousted the president in March, and "anti-balaka" Christian militias that have emerged to defend towns and in some cases attack Muslim civilian communities. (AP Photo/Florence Richard)
Seleka soldiers man a checkpoint in Boali, some 80kms (50 miles) north of Bangui, Central African Republic, to let a World Food Program convoy through, Wednesday Dec. 4, 2013. To try to put an end to sectarian violence, the UN security council is scheduled to pass a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Seleka soldiers race through Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5, 2013 as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt in the town. To try to put an end to sectarian violence, the UN security council is scheduled to pass a motion allowing French troops to deploy in the country in order to protect civilians and insure security by all necessary means. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A convoy of Seleka soldiers patrol in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 6, 2013. France launched its second major African intervention in a year on Friday as its troops rushed to the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, to stem violence that already claimed over 100 lives this week. *******/Emmanuel Braun
French soldiers patrol on foot at the entrance to the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 8, 2013. France is deploying 1,600 troops to its former colony after the U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorised it to use force to help African peacekeepers struggling to restore order. The sign reads "Welcome to Bangui." *******/Herve Serefio
French soldiers arrest ex-seleka rebels after finding weapons in a house in Combattant neighborhood near Bangui's airport, on December 9, 2013. French troops on Monday began disarming fighters in the Central African Republic after a swell in sectarian violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and terrified inhabitants. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
A Christian man chases a suspected Seleka officer in civilian clothes with a knife near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9, 2013. Both Christian and Muslim mobs went on lynching sprees as French Forces deployed in the capital. The Seleka man was taken into custody by French forces who fired warning shots to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A Christian man points suspected Seleka members to a French soldier in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9, 2013. Both Christian and Muslim mobs went on lynching sprees as French Forces deployed in the capital. French forces fired warning shots to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
French forces arrest Seleka they say fired on them 3 hrs ago. Weapons found in their vehicle #bangui #car pic.twitter.com/WpQa5CJutY Tristan Redman