UPDATES: Pope in no hatred plea

The AFP news agency reports that in his address at the mosque in the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, the Pope said: "Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters."

"Those who claim to believe in God must also be men and women of peace," he said in the district of flimsy shacks and red dirt roads which has been at the heart of recent sectarian violence pitting mainly Muslim and Christian militias against each other, AFP reports.

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Security has been increased in Bangui since the Pope arrived on Sunday

"Together, we must say no to hatred, to revenge and to violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself. God is peace, salam," he added, using an Arabic word.