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French troops Tuesday took on armed Christian militias in the capital of the Central African Republic, where the UN said 210,000 people had been uprooted in two weeks of deadly sectarian violence.
Soldiers launched a dawn offensive on a northern district of Bangui known as a stronghold of Christian militias who oppose the Muslim former rebels who seized power earlier this year, their leader said.
Central Africa has spiralled into chaos since a March coup by the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel group overthrew president Francois Bozize, with deadly violence pitting Muslims against Christians.
Faced with reports of widespread atrocities in its former colony, France this month deployed 1,600 troops under a UN mandate to prop up an African peacekeeping force already on the ground. (AFP)
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