The UN Security Council has authorised increased military action by
France and African troops in the Central African Republican to try to
end the unrest.The council's unanimous approval of a French-sponsored resolution on
Thursday came amid reports that at least 100 people have died in Bangui,
the capital of the former French colony, in the heaviest clashes in the
city in months.The Central African Republic has been rocked by Muslim-Christian
violence after an alliance of Muslim rebels, originally from
neighbouring Chad and Sudan, ousted former president Francois Bozize in
March.The predominantly Christian country has since suffered a
wave of killings, torture and rapes that human rights groups blame on
rival armed groups. The fighting is mainly between Seleka, who are
predominantly Muslim, and the Christian Balaka.
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