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00:005 a.m. Clashes broke out in the central African capital. We're at the heart of the fighting.
00:19Get to the other side of the street. Shoot into the heat. Allah Akbar. Allah Akbar.
00:30Primarily Muslim militias are clashing with Christian self-defense groups. The Battle of Bengi took everyone by surprise.
00:37There's a second one. Shoot, shoot. Allah Akbar.
00:47In a few hours, the French army will intervene. Officially, it's a short-term peacekeeping mission. In fact, it's a high-risk operation.
01:00What do you want to marry?
01:06Let's rot. What do you want to marry?
01:10Why not unanimously?
01:14Why not? Why not?
01:18Why not untilected here?
01:21All right.
01:23Go back
01:25It's one month before the Battle of Bengi and the French intervention.
01:36In the capital, all appears to be calm.
01:39In fact, tensions are already palpable.
01:43Armed men stand at every intersection.
01:46Muslim militia men stop citizens at checkpoints.
01:55Above the city stands a fort.
02:05In this former French military camp resides the President of the Central African Republic.
02:12It is symbolically situated on the Place Val├йrie Giscard d'Estaing.
02:21The President of the Central African Republic, Joe Todia, lives here under protection.
02:26For security reasons, he almost never leaves the building.
02:30His militia men are accused of putting the country under the scalpel with rape and looting.
02:37Half hideaway, half bedlam, Kanru has become the seat of power, or at least what's left
02:42of it.
02:43Mr. President, can you introduce the people around you?
02:48This is the Chief of Staff of the Armed States.
02:54And this is the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of operations.
02:58You meet with your generals every morning?
02:59Yes.
03:00We sit down and go over everything.
03:04So what is the country's situation now?
03:07It's fine.
03:08The situation is good.
03:12The question of the day is an important one.
03:14The country's only aircraft is grounded, following an accident.
03:18We had a 10-seater plane, which collided with a goat during your landing.
03:25Has it been repaired?
03:27Not yet.
03:29We need 34 million CFA francs.
03:32We need that plane.
03:35Okay.
03:36Until the Chief of Staff has fixed the situation, we'll have to do with what we have on hand.
03:51Michel Jotodia came to power seven months ago.
03:55As a former official, he rallied the mostly Muslim northern rebels.
03:59His military coalition, dubbed Sileka, meaning the Alliance, in Senghor language, took Bengi
04:05in two hours, almost without a fight.
04:08The National Assembly endorsed the coup.
04:10We can, with consensus, elect the only available candidate, Chairman Michael Jotodia.
04:20If there are no objections, we can vote by acclamation.
04:38The population of the CAR, which is 80% Christian, welcomed the new president in triumph.
04:44With a Muslim father and Christian mother, Jotodia appeared reassuring.
04:48France did not meddle.
04:50But soon, things went wrong.
04:53Sileka militia men often come from neighboring Muslim countries, such as Chad and Sudan.
05:00These foreign mercenaries have been accused of piaging the country and massacring Christians.
05:07At the UN rostrum, Fran├зois Hollande sounded the alarm.
05:12Today, chaos has been ceded, and the civilian populations are once more the victims.
05:21We must put an end to these abuses, which appear in the guise of confession.
05:27Now, seven months after taking office, the president has lost all credibility.
05:41He can only leave his fortified compound under heavy escort.
05:50The inauguration of a small section of road in Bangui.
05:57Reviewing the government.
06:03The Prime Minister, Nicolas Tiangay, stands at his side, in suit and tie.
06:08Good news, he has unearthed a working plane.
06:15I have to go.
06:18You found a plane?
06:19But we already have a plane.
06:21You don't want it?
06:23I'll take the United Nations one.
06:25Okay, very well.
06:27Take the United Nations airplane, and you leave us ours.
06:37Tiangay is Christian.
06:38Though a long-time ally of Jotodia, he now keeps his distance.
06:44This government fracture reflects that of the country.
06:49To get a better view, we left the presidential motorcade.
06:52Galabaja, a Christian neighborhood in the north of the city.
06:57In the market, people denounce Silica power and abuses by Muslim militias.
07:09As a market lender, I'm afraid.
07:11It's insecure.
07:13We aren't eating well.
07:14Now that he's president, he must assume his duties.
07:18We want a new president.
07:21This one isn't capable of running the country.
07:32A few kilometers further north, in the bush, Christians have responded by forming self-defense groups called anti-balakas.
07:41They number 15,000 across country.
07:45One of their leaders is a former corporal in the Alfred Rombo army.
07:50We're here to liberate the people.
07:52A revolution for armed forces for the Central African people.
07:55Rombo has lived in the bush for seven months, ever since the Silicas took Bangui and occupied the former army barracks.
08:01His dream?
08:02His dream?
08:03To topple President Jotodia and his allies.
08:06The Silicas are foreigners.
08:08They're Chadians.
08:09The Sudanese.
08:10Even our army doesn't have Chadians.
08:13We don't have any Musas or Adams.
08:16What we want now is to see an inn to select us in our territory.
08:24Four hours march through the bush.
08:27The corporal leads us to one of their bases.
08:30On the way, the villagers are won over to him.
08:33We hate Arabs.
08:38We can't take anymore.
08:40We want them to leave.
08:42As Central Africans, we would like to leave peacefully at home.
08:47At the base, Rombo commands a small army of 1,500 men.
09:00Some former soldiers are armed with Kalashnikovs.
09:03Many civilians carry sticks, old rifles, and machetes.
09:08This is our country, not Muslims.
09:12This is not a Muslim country.
09:14It is a country of Central Africans.
09:16Jotodia, get out!
09:25Corporal Rombo donned his fatigues.
09:27Now he's binding his time.
09:37Back in Bengi.
09:40The Silicas are also preparing for conflict.
09:44They're assembling new militias, with as much force as possible.
09:49President Jotodia inspects his troops.
09:53The President claims he's powerless against the reported abuses of his men.
10:08I'm in charge of everyone who's come along with me.
10:11All who are Seleka.
10:14But when we returned, there were some people we did not know,
10:17dressed in uniform and claiming to be Seleka.
10:20How can I be asked to control them?
10:23It's impossible.
10:24It's impossible.
10:25It's impossible.
10:34Fall in line.
10:36Move to the left.
10:37Move to the left.
10:38Move to the left.
10:39Move to the left.
10:41Move to the left.
10:43From their station at the airport, French soldiers observe the comings and goings.
10:49It is still more than a month before the military intervention,
10:53but they already know that the operation will be complicated.
10:55Their problem?
10:56The threat is spread out among the population.
10:59They cannot clearly identify enemies.
11:02Our mission here, from the roof of the airport, is to monitor the approach that leads to the airport and its surroundings,
11:08and be able to support the checkpoints around the last 400 meters,
11:12and of course, protect the airport.
11:13Protect the airport.
11:19Today was especially quiet.
11:21Just a few pickups.
11:23It's difficult for us to identify them.
11:25We can never be 100% sure of who someone is.
11:28Why can't we recognize them?
11:31We can't spot them because they're dressed differently and not often identified.
11:36So to us, it's just armed men and pickup trucks.
11:38Beyond that, there are no particular signs.
11:45Late September 2013, clashes between Christians and Muslims spread across the country.
11:51Hundreds killed in Bossangoa.
11:53Massacres in Bouar.
11:55Deadly reprisals in Damara.
11:57Atrocities in Bangui.
11:59Today we look at a country on the brink of chaos.
12:02Is France going to intervene?
12:04It's bordering on genocide.
12:06Central Africa is a country of 5 million inhabitants, but with more land than France.
12:12It's in the heart of Africa, as the name suggests, and now it's an absolute mess.
12:21Genocide. The word is out.
12:26Twelve days after the interview with Laurent Fabius, President Jotodia struck back.
12:30He called the press to this downtown building.
12:34A Muslim-focused massacre just 42 kilometers from Bangui has left 12 dead, according to Silicas.
12:40They were massacred by these.
12:43The survivors were carried back and displayed on trucks.
12:54Muslims accused the Christians.
12:56They killed many people in my home.
13:07They cut my husband's head off in front of my own children.
13:11And then the anti-Balakas set fire to our house.
13:14That's the pre-genocide. That's the pre-genocide. We are overwhelmed. Look at this. Is it even human?
13:23We ask the world to bear witness.
13:25The Prime Minister must come to see what's happening, and now.
13:39Now that we've seen these things, this is too much.
13:42What is this?
13:43I'll go get it.
13:44You'd better go.
13:45Go fetch the Prime Minister. If you don't, we'll go ourselves.
14:03He asked to see what the anti-Balakas have done.
14:06Half an hour later, the Prime Minister arrives.
14:16Go ahead. Show him.
14:19With a stern expression, the Christian Nicolas Chiangayi witnesses the Muslim victims.
14:24The Silicas take him to task.
14:26If there were Christians who had died, people would be burning everything.
14:30But since they're Muslim, there's no reaction.
14:36We're going to kill each other.
14:39Only the strongest will remain.
14:42Go check on the ones laid out in the cars.
14:45He wouldn't make any comment.
14:48The very same evening, he flew to Paris for a French-American summit,
14:53where he was France's principal advisor to the crisis.
14:56Bengi is holding its breath.
15:03It's only a matter of days before the French intervene.
15:09But an unexpected event will turn everything upside down.
15:17To great surprise, Bengi has come under attack.
15:22The Silicas were taken by surprise.
15:23It is total confusion.
15:33They rush toward the shooting.
15:35The battle in Bengi has just begun.
15:38We're in the northwest of the city.
15:39Silicas soldiers speak Arabic amongst themselves, instead of the local Songo language.
15:53These mercenaries are from Chad and Sudan, and on the payroll of President Jatodia.
16:09The invisible enemy has penetrated the city.
16:14The attackers hide out in houses.
16:16Threat is omnipresent.
16:17In a courtyard, we come across two injured Silica militants.
16:30The attackers are actually Christian self-defense militias, anti-Balakas, and former army soldiers.
16:48They surrounded Bengi in a coordinated attack.
16:56In a northwestern Harlot district, Corporal Harambo direct operations.
17:02But around 10 a.m., the Silicas counter-attack.
17:05A machine gun clears the field and opens a pathway.
17:07Back off!
17:08Morale, morale!
17:09We will fight the anti-Balakas.
17:10Bit by bit they will all flee, because they are the ones who came after us.
17:11We said nothing.
17:12The international community must look at what is happening.
17:13They came with machetes, but we had firearms.
17:14We did not start this.
17:15They did.
17:16Now the Selector will destroy them.
17:17I assure you that we will ensure security.
17:18Morale, morale!
17:19Morale!
17:20Morale!
17:21Morale!
17:22Galvan!
17:25Morale!
17:39Morale!
17:42The better armed Selikas make quick progress.
17:49It's clean. We're going to clean it all up.
17:53The commander is a young soldier, 36 years old, named General Yahya.
17:59This Muslim claims to have spent 20 years in the National Army
18:02before joining the defected Selika rebels during the March 2013 coup.
18:07Men appear at the end of the road.
18:09The Selikas fire a rocket to clear the path.
18:14They were civilians.
18:19The militia men empty their mags at random on anything that moved.
18:23The last village before the bush and totally deserted.
18:26Christian inhabitants fled to the other side of the river along with the attackers.
18:39It's over. They've already gone.
18:48Midday. After seven hours of firefights, the battle of Bengui comes to an end.
18:53The Christian offensive has failed.
18:55The Selika militia men come back to town.
18:58En route, they come face to face with the French patrol.
19:14General Yahya has to negotiate.
19:17Hello boss. How are you doing? Everything's going well? What's the matter? What are you doing here?
19:29Do you speak French or not? Do you speak French? Do you speak French?
19:36Okay. Tell them we're not here to bother you. We're just making our rounds.
19:42So if you can just move the vehicle there, we will go on our way. No problem.
19:46No problem. We have no problem with you. So you don't have a problem with us.
19:57For now, the French have no mandate to intervene. They are just on ground patrol.
20:14In the Muslim neighborhood of PK5, people greet the victorious militia men.
20:19A gunshot. Almost before our eyes, a militia men shoots a man bound on the ground.
20:34A dozen civilian casualties and Christian fighters appear before the National Assembly.
20:39On this very day, more than 1,000 deaths occurred in Bengui, according to Amnesty International.
20:47At the hospital, victims are crowded in miserable conditions.
20:50They are treated by volunteers with doctors without borders, with whatever is at hand.
21:09A Celica fighter was even injured trying to break through a French army checkpoint near the airport.
21:14Why did the French army shoot at you?
21:24It may have been confusion.
21:29He may have thought I was a rebel. Who knows?
21:35But I got out and said, we are the government forces. Stop shooting. Stop shooting. Stop shooting.
21:43He didn't hear. He aimed his rifle and shot me in the right leg.
21:47The situation threatens to degenerate. At 4.20 p.m., the UN gives the green light for a French intervention.
21:59The draft resolution has been unanimously adopted as resolution 2013-21-27.
22:06Three hours later, Fran├зois Hollande announced the start of Operation Saint-Gariz, a 1,600-strong peacekeeping force.
22:15Given the urgency of the situation, I chose to act immediately.
22:19That is to say, tonight.
22:21France aims to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
22:27This mission will be fast. It is not meant to last. And I am sure it will succeed.
22:38French tanks are deployed in Bengay the day after the aborted attack by Christian fighters.
22:43The mission? To disarm the belligerents and bring peace to the country.
22:49The servicemen of Operation Saint-Gariz crisscross the capital.
22:53This time, they have the right to shoot.
22:59The peacekeeping force helps calm the population.
23:04The French need to go neighbourhood by neighbourhood to see what goes on here.
23:08We want to thank President Hollande for his initiative that they are helping us.
23:13Truly.
23:15Meanwhile, in Paris, the long-awaited France-Africa summit has begun.
23:20Forty countries are represented.
23:23Central African President Jotodia was not invited.
23:26His prime minister, Christian Nicolas Tiangayet, was welcomed to the ├Йlys├йe Palace by Fran├зois Hollande.
23:33This is an exceptional summit with exceptional topics. That includes peace.
23:37Back in Bangui, Prime Minister Tiangayet's home was looted during his trip to Paris.
23:46All that has to go inside. Put it in the house.
23:50Selecate General Gaya assesses the damage.
23:55Religious or political reprisal? Or simple criminal plunder? It is impossible to know.
24:10In the bush, thousands of Christian refugees are hiding in fear of Selecate reprisals.
24:24Thank you very much.
24:39Three days.
24:42Three days.
24:44We don't have much food. Look what that woman is doing.
24:48Look what we prepared as food.
24:50What will become of us? We want peace.
24:52So that we can truly move out of this situation.
24:56That's my daughter, my grandson, my wife there.
25:12You see how we live? It's very bad. We have reptiles and snakes that might bite us right here.
25:21The Selecas seek revenge upon us. We don't know why.
25:25We don't know why. They swore they'd come and sacrifice us all.
25:30Burn our houses. Kill our children. Do this. Do that.
25:36They swore to come to take revenge on us. So right now, we're afraid.
25:39We don't know why.
25:48At Kanru, President Jotodia celebrates.
25:52His men have taken a score of Christian prisoners.
25:55Speaking to the press, he begins to preach.
26:00This is no good.
26:02No.
26:04It's sad.
26:05Why are you doing this?
26:10Why do you sacrifice your life for such a blurry cause?
26:15Where's the prosecutor?
26:19I'm here.
26:21We'll see if we have to release him.
26:23Do what you want to do. Justice is only to run its course.
26:29In reality, there, the country no longer has a judicial system.
26:33These men will be loaded into a truck and taken to an unknown destination.
26:48An hour later, the President holds a press conference.
26:50On behalf of the Central African people, I wish to express our gratitude to the French President, Fran├зois Hollande, as well as all the heads of state of the subregion, who have spared no effort for the rapid recovery of peace and security in the Central African Republic.
27:08In your opinion, who's responsible for the ongoing abuses in the neighborhoods of Bangui?
27:15People are alleging that I can't control my men. How will I control all these people?
27:20I know those who came with me. I can control those who are with me.
27:24But as for those who are not with me, how can I control them? Am I God?
27:28I hope I'm not God. I'm a man like you. Thank you.
27:45It is a turning point in the crisis.
27:48Three days after French intervention under UN mandate, the French army begins to disarm the Muslim Silica militias.
27:54In Christian neighborhoods, people applaud.
28:07In this building, the French have discovered a weapons stockpile. They confiscate everything.
28:15There are weapons everywhere. There's enough for at least ten regiments.
28:19There's enough for at least ten regiments.
28:29Why?
28:31Don't take that out. Leave it. Watch it. That thing is armed.
28:38Put the RPGs over there with the others.
28:43This is a sealed case. Leave it. There are mines inside. Leave it.
28:47Try not to open any boxes. You never know what's inside, okay?
28:53You never know what's inside, okay?
28:54You never know what's inside, okay?
28:55You never know what's inside, okay?
29:00You never know what's inside.
29:01You never know what's inside, okay?
29:02You never know what's inside.
29:03You never know what's inside.
29:07The Silica militia watches helplessly from afar.
29:09The Sileka militia watches helplessly from afar.
29:25Suddenly, the crowd stirs.
29:28Insults and threats come from the inhabitants toward two disarmed militia men.
29:38They came after us in our homes.
29:50Hey! Put it down! Put the suitcase down!
29:55Drop it! Put the suitcase down!
29:59Move back! Move back!
30:02Move back!
30:05He was immediately arrested and taken away.
30:11In this same house, the French have already arrested other militia men.
30:23Don't fall.
30:25Don't fall.
30:27Don't fall.
30:29Don't fall.
30:30Don't fall.
30:31It's not the device.
30:33Don't fall.
30:34It's not the device.
30:39Don't fall.
30:41It's not the device.
30:51This is not the device.
31:02These are terrorists. They are terrorists.
31:05They are Seleka.
31:09We want peace. We want peace.
31:12A new stampede. Two Muslims, dressed in white, passing on a motorcycle, are taken to task.
31:24Central African gendarmes intervene to halt a lynch mob.
31:35They eventually escape. Fear has switched sides.
31:42Now, it's Muslims who are being threatened.
31:52In another neighborhood of Bengi, the crowd sets fire to cars and raid the homes of disarmed Seleka.
31:58After months of terror, it is the largest Christian outpouring to date.
32:12That night, drama would strike the French army.
32:21We begin with sad news that broke early this morning.
32:24Two of our soldiers died last night in Bengi during a clash with militias.
32:29These are the first victims in the French ranks since the beginning of Operation Sangaris in Central Africa.
32:34That same evening, Fran├зois Hollande arrived at Bengi Airport.
32:40Returning from Nelson Mandela's funeral, he paid homage to the French soldiers.
32:45The French soldiers.
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33:34Fran├зois Hollande has called President Jotodia to the French base.
33:42He will meet him, but away from cameras.
33:46He aims to put pressure on the SELICA Central African authorities.
33:51As for these authorities, if there's a time to act, they must act.
33:56They must work together and they must allow orders to be executed.
34:02That includes, in the first of these orders, the disarmament of militia.
34:11In the bush, Corporal Rombo has not given up attacking Bangui.
34:15Now that SELICA's have been partially disarmed, the time has come for revenge.
34:20A small delegation of veterans meet at the village entrance.
34:23Final instructions before the offensive.
34:29What?
34:42Looting is forbidden.
34:44If I catch anyone looting, I will kill them.
34:48I tell you that now.
34:50you. No need to rob our own country clean. Leave that to the Arabs. Understood? Do not envy your
35:00neighbor. Do not harm civilians. Do you understand? Understood? The greatest fear is of leaks. For
35:14safety reasons, mobile phones are prohibited. If someone is caught using a phone, they will
35:23be considered a traitor. Even if it takes 10 people to catch them, we will find them and
35:29brutally kill them. We don't care about the state of your soul.
35:44Come night, they head towards Bangui, to a point on the outskirts of the capital, right
35:50next to the French-held airport. The night before battle, there is a last war meeting.
35:58At 2 a.m. tomorrow, we attack, no matter the conditions. We'll shoot with the machine gun.
36:10Suddenly, Corporate Rombaud is called by his aide. When he returns, the program has changed.
36:28I was told to stand down tomorrow. I've been informed that the Chadians and Sudanese mercenaries
36:36are being disarmed. Once the Selekas are disarmed, the French will let us go in. Tomorrow, France
36:43will strike the Muslim section, and we'll be behind to capture those who try to flee.
36:50We don't know where the instructions came from, but the offensive has been postponed.
36:54Alfred Rombaud heads to bed.
37:14Come morning, the situation in Bangui is backed up. The group Marabout arrives.
37:19He's the one to make lucky charms for the fighters, rendering them invincible.
37:27A little demonstration to prove these powers. According to him, the bullet of the gun can
37:33be offset by this magic. The important thing is to believe. He swallowed a razor blade to prove that
37:44pain cannot affect him.
37:57In Bangui, the situation becomes critical. For one week, majority Christian refugees stream toward the airport.
38:04At least 30,000 occupy this makeshift camp. Every day, dozens of wounded civilians arrive here for emergency treatment.
38:24According to NGOs, one in three children is infected with malaria. Emergency aid arrives in a trickle.
38:42Only three pints of water. Sleep is impossible on the floor due to the cold, mud and insects.
38:48We're missing protective canvases, mosquito nets, covers, sweaters. We need this for the babies,
38:57and the pregnant women, because they need protection. The French government has to find a solution.
39:03Why? Because they are our colonizer. They have to defend us from all this.
39:07In Bangui, 55 different refugee camps have sprouted up. They welcome some 300,000 displaced people,
39:19one-third of the capital's population.
39:26Paris, December 16, 2013. At the Invalides, a ceremony honors the two French soldiers killed in action.
39:37On the day of the Invalides ceremony, Selika General Yahya is at his encampment.
39:54How are you? You all right? Please, relax.
39:58He commands 1,000 men, but by order of President Jotodia, under pressure from the French,
40:04they may no longer leave the capital with their weapons. The militiamen lie about camp,
40:10waiting for who knows what. The general cares for the injured.
40:22At lunchtime, Yahya takes us to his home, in a residential neighborhood.
40:26It was the home of a diplomat. He requisitioned it after the coup, in March 2013.
40:42My two children are here, Ali and Yoel. Their mother is Christian.
40:47What are we going to do if Christians and Muslims are separated?
40:49On the television, the ceremony at the Invalides.
41:11I blame France. I testify that the French army has disarmed Muslim civilians and left
41:15them to be massacred by Christians. France is charged with assuring the country's security.
41:27That they then allow such things to happen is not right.
41:34Did France stand idly at the massacres? Controversy swells in Paris. The defense minister replies.
41:40We are heavily involved in what I call impartial disarmament. Impartial disarmament
41:49means that ex-Seleka and former anti-Balaka must lay down their weapons, and they will then receive
41:57protection. This also precludes reprisal or retaliation by any one group on another.
42:04There are extremists on both sides who prey upon the Central African people regardless of denomination.
42:13Impartial in principle, but superseded by the reality on the ground.
42:18Corporal Rombaud is now camped on the outskirts of Bangui. In an abandoned school, he met his 1500 men.
42:26At mass time, the pastor launched into a very political sermon.
42:37Lord, hear our prayers. God is the protector of what?
42:42He is God of whom?
42:45Of the army. Is that understood? God is the Lord of the army, the first warrior.
42:50That is why God has gathered you here this morning to fight our enemies and liberate the Central African Republic.
42:56Christians continue to train in anticipation of battle. They appear better equipped with more machine guns.
43:03This man is Lieutenant Corporal Rombaud. Remember his face.
43:19During the day, a detachment of the French army performs reconnaissance on Corporal Rombaud's base.
43:27When our camera appears, it's uncomfortable. The conversation is halted.
43:33The captain of the French Special Forces speaks with a self-defense militia leader.
43:38He's walking on eggshells.
43:43Everyone must be disarmed. Both Selekas, ex-Fakas and anti-Balakas.
43:53I'm here today to disarm, but also to deliver a message.
43:57On disarmament, and also on camp. You're camped out here.
44:06Disarm everyone else, not us.
44:11Obviously, disarming Christian combatants is not under day's orders.
44:15The French leave without confiscating any weapons.
44:18Our interlocutor claims to have had promises from the French army.
44:22At the end of the conversation, they told me, calm down. They'll comb over.
44:32And as soon as the way is clear, we can move forward. That's what the sergeant told me.
44:36He gave me two phone numbers.
44:38The following day brings another visit of the French army.
44:41But this time, there's no question of letting us film.
44:44The 13th Dragon Parachute Regiment is a special forces unit responsible for collecting intelligence.
45:06Themselves Christians, they rely on the French army to neutralize Selekas.
45:11Everyone seems to find their niche.
45:14The Christian neighborhood of Harlot, northwest of Bangui.
45:32A French army patrol has cordoned off the area.
45:35After reconnaissance with the population, about 200 meters in that direction,
45:47we understand there's a rebel group that has been causing terror at night.
45:51They're well-stocked with arms.
45:53We showed the French army the Seleka Muslim house.
46:02We showed the French army the Seleka Muslim house to help them do their job. That's all.
46:10Foreman is not quite a local. Remember, this is one of the men we crossed on Corporal Rombaud's base.
46:15Christian fighters direct the French army to flush out their enemies.
46:28Hussar paratroopers descend on the neighborhood. Everything is deserted. The population has fled.
46:34The area is a hill. Indeed. Which indicates the presence of potential enemies.
46:49The presence of potential enemies.
46:53The Seleka's are hidden out in the biggest house in the neighborhood.
47:16The paratroopers will not risk storming in. In any case, they lack the right to enter homes.
47:24They simply take pictures and record the GPS location.
47:34People are inside.
47:37Rombaud's men are disappointed.
47:38As per usual.
47:39The French army can't do anything more.
47:40Go about your lives normally.
47:50Remain vigilant and careful.
47:54If you don't play the game, neither will they.
48:02Back to the camp of Christian fighters, near Bangui.
48:04Corporal Rombaud makes a call to a French army warrant officer.
48:19No, no weapons were lost. The army stayed with us, but we have a shortage of ammunition.
48:28Can we meet today or tomorrow?
48:29Can we meet today or tomorrow?
48:33Okay, I'd like to meet in the afternoon.
48:37I have a lot to tell you.
48:40Okay.
48:41Okay, okay.
48:43Yeah, thank you.
48:45Okay, talk to you soon.
48:46The meeting takes place on the Corporal Rombaud's base, away from cameras.
48:50We were not allowed to attend.
48:51After the French army leaves, there's a debriefing.
49:06The French colonel advised us to join with those who still have weapons, in order to attack.
49:11Even if the enemy numbers 10,000 or 100,000, you have to attack them at their base.
49:16Rombaud and his men are now planning a final assault.
49:19They like to believe that France is on their side.
49:28That night, they believe to have uncovered a traitor in their ranks.
49:34The man has a rough 15 minutes.
49:44As punishment, he must attend dinner with the leaders.
49:49During the evening, he will be executed without any form of trial.
50:00We contacted the French army for an interview about operations on the ground.
50:05We did not receive a response.
50:08Between the Christian majority and the Muslim militias that joke for power,
50:11impartiality appears difficult to maintain.
50:19More than a month after the start of Operation Sangaris, chaos still reigns in Bangui.
50:24The spiral of violence, just the worst,
50:27destined into civil war.
50:30The brief mission announced by Fran├зois Hollande could wind up far more complicated than expected.
50:35This former colony's cry for help now looks to have turned into a trap.
50:51The first time of the escape from the first time we're going to be found to be done!
50:54The third time we're going to be found to be done at thisuzhouston.com,
50:56the last time we're going to turn into a trap,
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