Living on the edge in conflict-hit Central African Republic

A new interim civilian government has pledged to halt the violence and attempt to organise elections in Central African Republic before February 2015.

January 28, 2014 16:24 IST

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African Union troops from Burundi guard the entrance of the Camp le Roux after Seleka Muslim militia evacuated it in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Monday 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 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)

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A Seleka Muslim militiaman holding a RPG drives a tractor through Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Jan. 27, 2014, after evacuating the Camp de Roux downtown 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 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

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Fake wooden guns hang in Jean Bedel Bocassa's Berengo palace near Pissa, some 80 km south west of Bangui. 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)

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Seleka Muslim militias drive through Bangui after evacuating the Camp de Roux. (AP Photo)

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A man flees with his belongings during continuing sectarian violence in Miskine district of Bangui. At least 13 people were killed in mob violence in Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, over the past 48 hours as senior officers from the Seleka rebel movement fled the city. (Reuters)

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A man reacts to tear gas fired by French peacekeepers to disperse a crowd during continuing sectarian violence in Miskine. (Reuters)

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A convoy of trucks carrying food from the United Nations World Food Programme that was stuck at the Cameroon-Central African Republic border for several days due to sectarian insecurity on the road, approaches the north of Bangui. (Reuters)

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A mother holds her child while attempting to take cover as repeated gun shots are heard close to Miskine district during continuing sectarian violence in Bangui. (Reuters)