About 9,700 people have crossed the border into the Central African Republic from neighboring Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries in a war for power has been raging for 21 days, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Central African Republic said. "The UNHCR, which has primary responsibility in this matter, will take the necessary steps to ensure that this population is settled where the government wishes," said Mohamed Ag Ayoya, UN humanitarian coordinator in the Central African Republic, at a press conference. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES