March 2022 attacks in the Central African Republic | |||||
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Part of Central African Republic Civil War | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Wagner Group Central African Republic |
FPRC MLCJ RPRC Anti-balaka | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Noureddine Adam Baba Amibe † | |||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
4+ killed | 8+ killed | ||||
100s killed, 1000s displaced |
In March 2022 Russian mercenaries from Wagner Group supported by armed forces launched an offensive against armed groups in the northeastern parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) during which they killed dozens of rebels and possibly hundreds of civilians including citizens of Chad, Niger, Sudan and CAR who were working there as artisanal miners, herders and camel drivers while displacing thousands. The events have been described by multiple sources including domestic in the Central African Republic as well as in Sudan based on survivor testimony.