A man stands in the door of a barber shop Saturday as French and African Union forces conduct a joint patrol in the Fouh neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic.

While insecurity continued to reign in many areas of the city, certain neighborhoods were tentatively reopening and some residents returning, at least during daylight hours.

The number of people displaced by fighting between Muslim and Christian militias and vigilantes in the Central African Republic has more than doubled in the past month, and increasing violence is making it harder to deliver humanitarian relief, the United Nations warned this week.