Blasts from heavy weapons have rocked several districts of the capital of the Central African Republic ahead of a UN vote on dispatching reinforcements to restore order in the country.
The fighting erupted in the north of Bangui, and then spread to other neighbourhoods on Thursday.
The UN Security Council is set to approve the deployment of thousands of French and African soldiers to try to stop the country's descent into chaos after months of sectarian violence between Muslim and Christian groups which has seen widespread killings, torture and rapes.
The landlocked nation has been beset by eight months of fighting since Seleka, a mainly Muslim rebel coalition led by Michel Djotodia, overthrew former President François Bozize and seized power in March.
A French soldier on patrol in Bangui Christian militias, known as anti-balaka, recently have launched retaliatory attacks, forcing thousands of civilians to take refuge in churches and mosques.
Though Mr Djotodia has dissolved the rebel coalition, which has been accused of human rights abuses, his government's failure to stem the violence has prompted calls at the UN Security Council for international intervention to restore order.
France has called for the UN vote which would also authorise French forces, for a temporary period, "to take all necessary measures" to support the AU-led force known as MISCA, whose troop numbers are expected to rise from about 2,500 to 3,500.
French UN Ambassador Gerard Araud has said he expects the council to approve the resolution.
Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia The country promised last week to send 1,000 troops to the Central African Republic - one of the poorest nations in the world - following a warning from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that the former French colony was "on the verge of genocide".
Its defence ministry has said about 600 soldiers are in the country.
The draft resolution would also impose an arms embargo on the Central African Republic for a year and order all countries to ban the sale or transfer of arms, ammunition, military equipment, spare parts and technical assistance and training.
It expresses deep concern at the "total breakdown in law and order, the absence of the rule of law, inter-sectarian tensions" and "grave concern" at the consequences of instability on the region.
And it asks the secretary-general to rapidly establish an international commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of rights abuses and help identify perpetrators.
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