The situation in the blooded Central African Republic appears calmer since the resignation of the country’s first Muslim President Michel Djotodia on Friday.<br /><br />A National Transitional Council is now charged to elect a new executive ahead of a fresh ballot.<br /><br />There are signs of diminishing violence between Muslim and Christian militia. <br /><br />Rival leaders were seen embracing following a truce brokered by the French military and gunmen laid down their arms in the southern district of Bimbo.<br /><br />The Red Cross say they treated 60 people for wounds over the weekend in the capital Bangui. <br /><br />The United Nations estimates that thousands of people have been killed, close to a million displaced and 2.2 million are now in need of humanitarian aid. <br /><br />The transitional council has called on those internally displaced to return home, while foreigners continue to flee the violence.
