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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 file photo, a member of an armed neighborhood defense squad, which residents say is not anti-balaka but local Christian men protecting themselves, strikes the body of a man said to be Muslim with the side of a machete heated in the fire, in Bangui, Central African Republic. The interim leader of Central African Republic is vowing that the era of anarchy in the tumultuous country is now over. It's a bold declaration just days after rebel leader-turned-president Michel Djotodia agreed to step down and went into exile in Benin. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 file photo, French soldiers lay a wounded man, who had been attacked during a protest, atop a military vehicle as they take him to get medical help, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 file photo, a Christian man chases a suspected Seleka officer in civilian clothes with a knife near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 file photo, a suspected member of a Christian militia Sincere Banyodi, 32, lays wounded by machete blows in the Kokoro neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 file photo, French soldiers fire tear gas as they attempt to contain a demonstration calling for the departure of French forces, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Several dozen Muslim supporters of Seleka burned tires and blocked a road Sunday, carrying signs that read 'No to France.' Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 file photo, a young man reacts after his friend was badly injured by passing Chadian troops, during a protest outside Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 file photo, Muslim men organized in militias with machetes rough up a Christian man while checking him for weapons in the Miskine neighbourhood of Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)