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A member of the mainly Christian “anti-balaka” (anti-machete) militia trains in the Boeing neighbourhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, on February 24, 2014. Two Chadian soldiers, three Muslim civilians and two Christian militiamen were killed in another weekend of violence in Bangui but France’s top commander on February 24 denied claims of ethnic cleansing. Paris sent troops to the Central African Republic in December 2013 amid talk of an impending genocide as sectarian unrest escalated in the aftermath of a coup. A campaign of abuses by mainly Muslim ex-rebels led to revenge killings by Christian militias, in violence that 8,000 French and African troops have failed to stem nearly three months on. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR