PHOTOS: Conflict continues in Central African Republic
January 29, 2014
Men take cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. In what a French soldier on the scene described as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire. A third source of firing remained unidentified. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Anti-Balaka Christian militiamen stand in the Combatant district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Feb. 4, 2014. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
A woman runs for cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. In what a French soldier on the scene describes as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire. A third source of firing remained unidentified. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( APTOPIX Central African Republic )
Men take cover in a toilet as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. In what a French soldier on the scene described as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire. A third source of firing remained unidentified. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Men run across the Avenue de France while French forces take cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. In what a French soldier on the scene describes as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire. A third source of firing remained unidentified. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Looters dismantle the house belonging to a Muslim man who fled the night before in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
French forces grab a man looting a mosque before chasing him away in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
French forces push looters out, in the Miskin district in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. Fighting between Muslim Seleka militias and Christian anti-Balaka factions continues as French and African Union forces struggle to contain the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( APTOPIX Central African Republic )
A woman sits among luggage in a hangar at the airport in Bangui on January 30, 2014 as displaced Central African and Chadian Muslims fleeing attacks by Christian extremist militias wait to leave Central Africa with the aid of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Inter-religious violence has claimed thousands of lives and displaced a million people in the population of 4.6 million, yet such clashes are unprecedented in the poor, landlocked country. (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 526530159 )
Displaced Central African people, Chadians waiting to return home and other refugees, all Muslims, who fled the attacks by Christian extremis militias, sit on January 30, 2014 in a hangar of Bangui airport turned into a refugee camp. Rudimentary weapons taken from Christian extremist militias by French troops in the capital of the Central African Republic were piled up on the ground, near the body of a young man whose ears were ripped off. "He was a Muslim from here, named Abaka. They killed him in the courtyard of his house," a Christian neighbour, Benjamin, told AFP. "They" referred to "anti-balaka" (anti-machete) vigilantes who fiercely target Muslims in Bangui on the pretext of hunting down ex-rebels from the Seleka coalition. (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 526529763 )
A Chadian family waits for transport to Chad in a hangar at Bangui's airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Jan. 30, 2014. Over 350 Muslim refugees were evacuated by the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) fleeing sectarian violence between Muslim Seleka forces and Christian anti Balaka militias. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
African presidents and heads of government attend the opening session of the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. African leaders met in Ethiopia Thursday at a summit to discuss outbreaks of violence in South Sudan and Central African Republic, as well as food security across the continent. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare) ( Ethiopia African Union Summit )
A woman covers her mouth with her head scarf as displaced Central African and Chadian Muslims fleeing attacks by Christian extremist militias sit in a hangar at the airport in Bangui on January 30, 2014, waiting to leave Central Africa with the aid of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Rudimentary weapons taken from Christian extremist militias by French troops in the capital of the Central African Republic were piled up on the ground, near the body of a young man whose ears were ripped off. "He was a Muslim from here, named Abaka. They killed him in the courtyard of his house," a Christian neighbour, Benjamin, told AFP. "They" referred to "anti-balaka" (anti-machete) vigilantes who fiercely target Muslims in Bangui on the pretext of hunting down ex-rebels from the Seleka coalition. (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 526530075 )
A French soldier of the Sangaris operation stand next to a mortar during a patrol in Bangui on January 30, 2014. Unrest continues in the Central African Republic despite the efforts of African and French peacekeepers, who are awaiting reinforcements from a European force. Sporadic gunfire, loud explosions and street murders shook the country on January 29, and a diplomat told AFP that French forces had on January 28 killed around 10 fighters from the mainly Muslim Seleka group. The UN Security Council on January 28 gave European troops backing to use force in Central African Republic amid a new international push to end deadly chaos in the country. (AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGOISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 526524686 )
Residents run from gunfire in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014. Fighting between rival Muslim Seleka factions and Christian anti Balaka militias continues, as two Muslim men were slaughtered by unknown assailants with machetes nearby, prompting French forces to fire warning shots in the air but not intervene to try to prevent the killings. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
French and Rwandan troops inspect weapons left by Seleka Muslim militias after they evacuated the Kasai camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014, to relocate and join other Selekas at the PK11camp. The departure of the fighters was greeted with screams of joy from the crowd of hundreds that gathered to watch them leave for another camp in northern Bangui. “We are free! This is our new year!” they shouted. Seleka became deeply unpopular after they killed and tortured civilians after seizing power in March 2013. Their leader Michel Djotodia stepped down as president earlier this month and went into exile in Benin. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Looters take down the metal roofs from the mosque at the Place de la Reconciliation in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014. Fighting between rival Muslim Seleka factions and Christian anti Balaka militias continues, as two Muslim men were slaughtered by unknown assailants with machetes nearby, prompting French forces to fire warning shots in the air but not intervene to try to prevent the killings. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
People push a cart in Bangui on January 29, 2014 carrying the body of a Christian man killed by Anti-Balaka combatants after he was mistaken for a Muslim. Gunfire erupted on January 29 in Bangui, still plagued by looting despite the security operations of French and African soldiers, now awaiting the reinforcement of a European force whose engagement has been authorized by the United Nations. (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 526501984 )
A Muslim Seleka militiaman motions to the photographer to stop taking pictures as he rests on a cot in the Seleka controlled town of Mbaiki, some 120kms (75 miles) south west of Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday Jan. 26, 2014. A local commander of the Muslim Seleka blamed Christian anti Balaka militias for sending the country into chaos and vowed reprisals if the newly appointed interim government would not put an end to Muslim killings in the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Seleka militiamen are evacuated by Burundi troops from their Miskin district compound in Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, after a grenade was thrown at their gate by unknown assailants. Fighting between rival Muslim Seleka factions and Christian anti Balaka militias continues, as two Muslim men were slaughtered by unknown assailants with machetes nearby, prompting French forces to fire warning shots in the air but not intervene to try to prevent the killings. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Christian refugees living in makeshift shelters near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014, as they try to escape from the deepening divisions between the country's Muslim minority and Christian majority. Christian refugees who have fled sectarian violence complain about the lack of aid reaching their impoverished tent city. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Christian residents celebrate as Seleka Muslim militias evacuate the Kasai camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014, to relocate and join other Selekas at the PK11camp. The departure of the fighters was greeted with screams of joy from the crowd of hundreds that gathered to watch them leave for another camp in northern Bangui. “We are free! This is our new year!” they shouted. Seleka became deeply unpopular after they killed and tortured civilians after seizing power in March 2013. Their leader Michel Djotodia stepped down as president earlier this month and went into exile in Benin. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Rwandan MISCA (African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic) peacekeepers escort former Seleka militants (unseen) out of Kasai military camp in Bangui on their way to another camp outside the city on January 28, 2014. The United Nations is expected to adopt a resolution imposing sanctions against those who foment violence in the crisis-wracked Central African Republic, a French official said, as troops of the African peacekeeping force MISCA escorted out of Bangui former rebels of the mainly Muslim coalition that seized power in March last year. (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) ( 526478674 )
French troops search and secure inspect barracks left by Seleka Muslim militias after they evacuated the Kasai camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014, to relocate and join other Selekas at the PK11camp. The departure of the fighters was greeted with screams of joy from the crowd of hundreds that gathered to watch them leave for another camp in northern Bangui. “We are free! This is our new year!” they shouted. Seleka became deeply unpopular after they killed and tortured civilians after seizing power in March 2013. Their leader Michel Djotodia stepped down as president earlier this month and went into exile in Benin. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Christian children refugees living in makeshift shelters near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014, as they try to escape from the deepening divisions between the country's Muslim minority and Christian majority. Christian refugees who have fled sectarian violence complain about the lack of aid reaching their impoverished tent city. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Fake wooden guns hang in Jean Bedel Bocassa's Berengo palace near Pissa, some 80kms (45 miles) south west of Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday Jan. 26, 2014. Up to 500 registered cadets are stationed in the palace turned training camp, without any officers, hunting mice and birds for food, using wood fake weapons and awaiting instructions that do not come. In Mbaiki, down the road, a local commander of the Muslim Seleka blamed Christian anti Balaka militias for sending the country into chaos and vowed reprisals if the newly appointed interim government would not put an end to Muslim killings in the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Central African Army Forces (FACA) cadets display a fake rocket launcher in Jean Bedel Bocassa's Berengo palace near Pissa, some 80kms (45 miles) south west of Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday Jan. 26, 2014. Up to 500 registered cadets are stationed in the palace turned training camp, without any officers, hunting mice and birds for food, using wood fake weapons and awaiting instructions that do not come. In Mbaiki, down the road, a local commander of the Muslim Seleka blamed Christian anti Balaka militias for sending the country into chaos and vowed reprisals if the newly appointed interim government would not put an end to Muslim killings in the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
French medics treat a man they found in a cell with a slit throat after Seleka Muslim militias evacuated the Camp de Roux downtown Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Jan. 27, 2014, to relocate and join other Selekas at the PK11 camp. The clearing out of Camp de Roux, normally the army's main base in the capital, comes more than two weeks after rebel leader-turned-president Michel Djotodia surrendered power amid mounting international condemnation of his inability to stop sectarian bloodshed. A new interim civilian government has pledged to halt the violence and attempt to organize elections no later than February 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( Central African Republic )
Christian residents jubilate as Seleka Muslim militias evacuate the Kasai camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, to relocate and join other Selekas at the PK11 camp. The departure of the fighters was greeted with screams of joy from the crowd of hundreds that gathered to watch them leave for another camp in northern Bangui. “We are free! This is our new year!” they shouted. Seleka became deeply unpopular after they killed and tortured civilians after seizing power in March 2013. Their leader Michel Djotodia stepped down as president earlier this month and went into exile in Benin. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ( APTOPIX Central African Republic )
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