2024 Haute-Kotto raid
| 2024 Haute-Kotto raid | |||||||
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| Part of the Central African Republic Civil War and Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Lord's Resistance Army Coalition of Patriots for Change | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Joseph Kony (LRA) Ousmane (CPC) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Rebel claim: 2 PMCs killed |
Russian claim: 9 fighters (including three senior members) killed | ||||||
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Rebel claim: 2 civilians killed | |||||||
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.