Sudanese protesters have demonstrated for the second consecutive week against the French military intervention in the Central African Republic and the killing of Muslims in their neighboring country.

Protesters gathered near the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, on Friday.

The demonstrators burned the French flag and chanted slogans against the French government as well as the United States.

They also slammed the United Nations for failing to stop the carnage in the Central African Republic, which has been dealing with sectarian violence since Christian armed groups launched coordinated attacks on the mostly Muslim Seleka group, which toppled the government last March.

Some 2,000 French soldiers and around 6,000 African Union peacekeepers have already been sent to the country, but they have failed to contain the violence targeting the Seleka.

Last month, the Sudanese government sent an official letter of complaint to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), condemning the violence against Muslims in the Central African Republic.

Thousands of people are believed to have been killed and more than one million displaced due to the crisis. The violence has forced thousands of Muslims to flee the Central African country.

The United Nations says the situation of the Muslims in the country amounts to ethnic-religious cleansing.

According to the UN adviser on the prevention of genocide, Adama Dieng, the Central African Republic is being “emptied of its Muslim population.”