2024 Haute-Kotto raid

2024 Haute-Kotto raid
Part of the Central African Republic Civil War and Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Date7 April 2024
Location
"Yemen" camp, Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic 7°57′48″N 23°32′00″E / 7.963446258035361°N 23.53341340499359°E / 7.963446258035361; 23.53341340499359
Result

Inconclusive

  • Failure to arrest Joseph Kony
Belligerents
Wagner Group Lord's Resistance Army
Coalition of Patriots for Change
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Joseph Kony (LRA)
Ousmane (CPC)[1]
Casualties and losses
Rebel claim:
2 Russians killed[1]		 Russian claim:
9 fighters (including three senior members) killed[2]
Rebel claim:
2 civilians killed[1]

On 7 April 2024 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group conducted an operation in the Haute-Kotto prefecture near the town of Sam Ouandja to apprehend the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony. While managing to kill some fighters, the operation failed to find the group leader due to him having left earlier for another base.

  1. ^ a b c Bishop, Mac William (27 April 2024). "Russian Mercenaries Hunt the African Warlord America Couldn't Catch". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ Zambo, Beaufils (22 April 2024). "RCA : les instructeurs russes et les Faca libèrent 14 enfants du groupe terroriste LRA". Retrieved 12 July 2024.