Aziz used to be a pharmacist. In fact, he still is – but he lost his small pharmacy and his house when anti-Balaka rebels descended on his hometown, Carnot, just over a year ago.

‘When they first arrived here, they held a public meeting,’ he says. ‘They told us they’d come to govern and protect our town. But then they began attacking us, the Muslims.’ He pauses and looks at the ground. ‘I am still too frightened to walk around my own town.’