| 2024 Haute-Kotto raid | |||||||
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| Part of the Central African Republic Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Wagner Group |
Lord Resistance Army Coalition of Patriots for Change | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Joseph Kony (LRA) Ousmane (CPC)[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Rebel claim: 2 Russians killed[1] |
Russian claim: 9 fighters (including three senior members) killed[2] | ||||||
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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 Resistance Army, Joseph Kony. While managing to kill some fighters, the operation failed to find the group leader due to him earlier leaving for another base.
- ^ a b c Bishop, Mac William (27 April 2024). "Russian Mercenaries Hunt the African Warlord America Couldn't Catch". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Zambo, Beaufils (22 April 2024). "RCA : les instructeurs russes et les Faca libèrent 14 enfants du groupe terroriste LRA". Retrieved 2024-07-12.