The Central African Republic has issued an international arrest warrant for former president Francois Bozize, who was ousted by rebels in a March coup, on charges including crimes against humanity, the chief Bangui prosecutor said Friday.

"Since May 29, 2013, an international arrest warrant has been out against... Francois Bozize," Alain Tolmo said, adding that some of the charges fell under the scope of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and included "crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide".

At least four people died and several were injured in fighting between military police and Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic at the weekend, a military police official said Monday.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the fighting broke out Sunday in the town of Bimbo south of the capital after members of the Seleka rebel coalition "stole and hid" several vehicles.

Armed men raided several houses in a town in the northeastern Central African Republic, leaving six people dead, a military official told Agence France Presse Saturday.

"The assailants arrived in several cars and fired shots as they entered the town, so residents fled," said the official of the attack in Bouca, 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital Bangui, on Friday.

Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the Central African Republic's new government to reign in its rebel forces, accusing them of "horrific abuses" such as pillage, summary executions, rape, and torture.

The rights watchdog said that after the Seleka rebel coalition seized power on March 24 in a bloody coup, its militants "went on a looting spree, killing civilians, raping women, and settling scores with members of the Central African Armed Forces."

Two people died and two others were wounded in fighting between Seleka rebels and residents of the restive Central African capital Bangui, police said Friday.

Clashes broke out overnight Thursday following a hit-and-run incident in a northern suburb of the capital, in which a teenager died, the police source said.

South Africa's president on Friday urged neighboring countries to help stabilize the violence-wracked Central African Republic, indicating that unrest in the coup-hit nation could otherwise spread throughout the region.

Attending an international meeting on ways to stabilize the political situation in the landlocked nation, Jacob Zuma said "no effort" should be spared in finding solutions to bring stability to the entire central African region.

South Africa's death toll in last month's rebel coup in the Central African Republic has risen to 14 after the death of a wounded soldier, the army said Tuesday.

"One of the South African National Defense Force members who was injured in Central African Republic, during what has become to be known as the battle of Bangui, has since passed on," said spokesman Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga.

The U.N. Security Council called on African states Monday to strengthen their peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic as mounting chaos grips the country.

With daily attacks and rapes reported in the capital, Bangui, the 15-nation council called on the interim government to get a grip on security and for rebels who ousted President Francois Bozize to return to their barracks.

South Africa's president and his deputy contradicted each other on Wednesday on plans to re-deploy troops to the troubled Central African Republic, where 13 South African soldiers were lost last month.

President Jacob Zuma said that a summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) he attended in Chad had verbally requested him to resend soldiers.

Regional leaders on Thursday said they would boost their military force in the Central African Republic by 2,000 soldiers, in a bid to restore order as violence and looting plague the country after a March coup.

In a statement issued after a summit hosted by Chad, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) bloc said the additional troops would assist the transition government "with security as well as restructuring security forces."