nazanine moshiri has more on the challenges that the country faces. >> people find refuge in a church at bangui. it is better to sleep here than at home. the church bells are silent - they only ring to warn of danger. this man had no warning when seleka killed their family. his wife asked him to leave, thinking seleka wouldn't kill wives and family. >> i left, i hesitated and i came back. when i came back my wife and two children were dead. they put the 2-month-old on the bed and covered him with a lot of clothes. >> this is the first time we've seen french troops out in large numbers. they are here to reassure people and protect them. they'll be disarming the large groups. that is not happening. rules of engagement mean the french can only shoot when they come under attack. >> translation: there are lots of people calling us on the phone telling us that seleka forces are attacking. when we arrive, no one is there. we have to play cat and mouse. muslims are killed too. these men are mourning the deaths of a community leader. they want the french to stay, but not interfere in the proce

nazanine moshiri has more from the capital. >> we are at pk12. a few days ago it was manned by seleka forces. it's under french control. we heard the commander giving orders to his troops. he told them to search any vehicle. disarming still going on, despite the deaths of two french soldiers. as we travelled in the armoured personal carrier things were tense inside. francis hollande, the president was here to boost morale. he told his troops that they are here to protect civilians and present further carnage. people going market, people feeling safer to be able to go out. there's thousands of people who are seeking protection in churches, at the airport. in mosques. we have seen a lot of injured people in the main hospital and dead bodies brought to the mosque. and the big challenge for the french force is to convince people - both muslims and christians - they are here for them. >> more to come in this next half hour, including. >> i'm on a cotton plantation in the niger delta. they used to call this egypt's white gold. now it is facing a threat

nazanine moshiri is there on the front lines. a warning - the images you are about to see are graphic and could be disturbing. >> an attack at the heart of this rebel government. gunfire echos through the city. some say this was an attempted could de tar. the people responsible, a group known as anti-balaka. they are christian and loyal to former president francois bozize. the target the mainly muslim security forces called seleka. the streets of this once bustling city are almost des-certed. those who venture out risk ending up like this. this woman lost her son. she didn't want to give her name >> translation: i don't know what is happening in the central african republic. if you go in you see people on the ground like animals that have been slaughtered. with the state of country, where can i go. >> this is where some of the injured have been brought. women are being treated alongside government soldiers. >> this woman asks god, "why has this happened?" christian and muslim victims of this conflict. muslims and christians used

. >> nazanine moshiri reports on the desperate conditions. >> it's the third winter some refugees spend in makeshift shelters. storm alexa hit the valley near the border with syria. this is where the majority of refugees settled in makeshift communities. they built a flimsy accomodation. they cannot afford to pay rent. look how baz it is here. children are suffering. there are those who are cold and dying from the cold. the storm is expected to last through the weekend with snow and wind. the misery is felt by 280 tenth communities across the vatty. those that have not registered are yet to receive aid. >> translation: we arrived yesterday and need to register. the office is so far away from here. we called. no one answered, maybe it's because of the weather conditions. we don't know what will happen. >> the u.n. refugee agency has been working with the army. delivering aid to a large and scattered refugee community is a challenge, a better solution is needed. >> what we have done worked with the government of lebanon and the ministry of social affairs is build up to standard tents that

nazanine moshiri reports from bangui. >> foot patrols in the city of bangui. it's new to the city, but reassuring to many. they are mere to assure people in opening up shops. there's no food and little medicine. there's little the french can do between the growing sectarian between muslims and christians >> translation: we have been here for thousands of years. the anti-balaka are killing us. >> this is where the christians are, at the airport under the protection of french and african forces. there'll be another 2,500 soldiers soon, heading out to parts of the country where hundreds of lost their homes. too late for the people in this country. this hospital is completely empty. it used to treat hundreds of people. what happens here on friday night and in the early hours of saturday is horrific. seleka forces went inside and dragged out injured people here, killing at least 10. nine months ago the rebel group seleka marched into bangui bringing with it thousands of fighters. the man that led the rebellion is holed up in the military base. he won't accept that

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nazanine moshiri what do we know about the attacks? >> all we know is what the ministry of defense is telling us. that a few french soldiers were killed. there are a number of soldiers in bangui, but there's a contingent in the town north of the country. it's not clear where the two soldiers died. but things have been heating up between the french soldiers and seleka forces. there was fighting overnight in the city between the french and seleka. of course, the french have been coming in strongly, toughly, trying to disarm seleka forces. sometimes by force, and things have got very difficult for the french forces here. at the same time it seems particularly those in the muslim community, because they are a muslim group, have been saying to us that they feel that french action is one-sided because they have been focused on disarming seleka commanders and col nels. they feel like they've been leaving the muslim community without access. we have seen the french on patrol. the news have not stopped them going out on the streets. there are f

nazanine moshiri is in the country's capital. >> we are here at the airport. soldiers are protecting the airport and the runway. the french have a strong u.n. mandate to protect civilians in this country. you can see there's no civilian planes landing at the airport, only military runs. there's a humanitarian crisis developing here. thousands of people have come to the airport because they have nowhere else to go. seleka and anti-balaka are targetting people in their homes. this is the only place they feel safe. >> translation: everyone you see here is a christian, there's no muslims, there's no protection. the muslims have seleka's to look after them. we are all central africans, but we have no one to look after us. we have nothing to drink or eat. we don't have money to buy anything. >> there are some international charities that are helping these people, but food and water are limited in the city. there are almost half a million people around the country who have lost their homes. the french have sent a fighter plane flying low over the city in a way to int

nazanine moshiri reports on the humanitarian crisis. >> these people are waiting for a doctor to see them. they are sleeping at the airport with no shelter or mosquito nets. some of the children have malaria. doctors without borders criticised the united nations for not doing more. >> it's unacceptable. it's not like we are in a remote area. we are in the capital of the city, i don't know how we can ignore them. people say, "maybe they can go home" people want to go home. they are here now, today, they need the help. >> there two wounded people, so surgeons are using a warehouse to operate in. >> you can see the kind of conditions that the surgeons are working under. this is not a proper operating theatre. there's no ventilation. they are using chlorine to sterilise the wound. gunshot victims are one of the biggest challenges for the doctors. >> just a few hundred metres from all of this the prime minister, as a country. he will not leave his base. he's viewed as being backed by the french. but he has no control over what is happening. i asked him why he won't visit the tens of thous

nazanine moshiri is in the capital. >> the president said he is negotiating with the christian militia group, anti-balaka. there are questions over who he's talking to. we haven't found evidence whether anti-balaka is one group, whether it's ordinary villagers or whether they are backed by former president francois bozize, who wants to come back and grab power. we are hearing reports from a french newspaper that there was an altercation between seleka forces and french special forces on the tarmac before the french president francis hollande left. there are question marks about the authority of president michel djotobia, and how much control he has not only over his own forces, but how much power he has in any negotiations with his enemies. at the salt the humanitarian crisis is getting worse. we are hearing reports that food contributions are not happening in the camp at the airport, where there are around 50,000 people now because of insecurity there, because of people wielding machetes, grabbing the food as it's distributed. women are sleeping in the baking heat. when it rains, they

nazanine moshiri has the latest from bangui. >> this is a country swept up in a frenzy of hate. these pictures filmed by amnesty international shows the aftermath of an attack on a mosque. local christians burnt it down. now they are stripping it apart. the graffiti on the wall instalments the president michel djotobia. he lead the seleka, a group that took control in march. >> the big problem is the horrific stories and situations. last week it was fighting between armed people. now we are witnessing fighting between communities. >> french soldiers are here to protect the civilians. they, too, are targets. the french president francis hollande's visit to bangui was in part to pay respect to the two soldiers who died and boost the morale of the rest of his forces. it's the african union forces more visible on the streets. they are from congo brazzaville, and are protecting the african union's special representatives to the country. >> we need the international community, the communication, all of that. we are calling all the people in central africa to take their future in their

the government says nazanine moshiri riek machar's forces have been completed. >> his forces have beenefeated. there's no one there in the city. >> an unknown number of civilians, women and children are among the dead. world leaders are asking for the world's newest nation to show restraint. circumstances on the ground are in flux. south sudanese people are caught in the middle. >> the u.n. humanitarian coordinator in south sudan is in charge of a large part of the u.n.'s mission there and jones us won the phone now. toby, thank you for joining us on the show. we have seen there in that story the south sudan authorities telling people to go home. they are refusing to do so. how bad is the situation on the ground. do you have numbers as to how many people have been displaced? >> i think they are up to 20,000 people in our bases here in juba, in the capital. there's two bases. each one is accommodating about 10,000 people. you know, what the people want, and i have been listening to many of them, to the children, to the women, to the men, the community leaders. there's a sense of fear an

i don't think there's an easy solution to the competing ambitions of nazanine moshiri and president salva kiir. the opportunity to mediate and resolve this was last year and the early part of this year when the problem arose. to have it down through the processes of the political party. that didn't happen. now it's turned into a situation where riek machar is reviving memories of the 1991 split, when he split from the s.p.l.m. and made war on the s.p.l.m. movement. i think it's going to take some international effort to enable the two to even start to talk between them, and to work out the conditions for ending this conflict. >> so you are expecting a lot more violence, it sounds like. >> i think there is going to be, until there is a process that both have agreed to, and that they see that there's going to be a way to address their respective needs. i think also the - there should be consideration of beefing up the u.n. peacekeeping mission in south sudan to provide more protection for civilians, and be available to monitor and enforce an end to the conflict. >> what do you think can be

nazanine moshiri denies trying to take over the country.e of those incidents during the days of fighting are recovering. the battle to cope at first. now things are under control. >> almost all were shot wounds. because of the nature of the combat, it differs from shots at night and during the day. at night the shots were at the back. they were surprising. most were at the back. in the morning they were in the front legs, thighs, chests and others on the head which means these are combat. most of those will be on the head. >> locals in dube say if the crisis escalates they have nowhere to run to. >> and the president met with foreign ministers from neighbouring country, including kenya and ethiopia. they were in juba to quell the violence. >> we'll go live to our correspondent later in the news cast. >> 30 people were killed in central african republic on friday after days of relative calm. human rights groups say the fighting between muslims and christians raged out of control. the president obama group is ledging $100 million to the afric