Kambakota

Kambakota or Kamakota is a village located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Ouham-Fafa.

Kambakota
Kambakota Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 7°9′23″N 17°52′21″E
Country	Central African Republic
Prefecture	Ouham-Fafa
Sub-prefecture	Batangafo
Commune	Bédé
Population  (2008)
• Total	1,300[1]

History

In 1985 UNICEF built three wells in Kambota, two of which had broken down as of 2008. In March 2008 around 1,400 displaced people arrived there from other villages.^[1]

On 1 December 2016 it was reported that Kambakota was under control of MPC.^[2] As of October 2018 Kambakota was under control of Anti-balaka.^[3] In October 2020 heavy clashes erupted between Anti-balaka factions in Kambakota.^[4] On 26 February 2021 Kambakota was captured by government forces supported by Rwandian military.^[5] On 4 January 2022 armed forces clashes with CPC rebels killing four of them.^[6]

References

1. STATE OF NEGLECT Displaced Children in the Central African Republic, November 2008
2. IPIS Survey
3. "Unprotected. Summary of internal review on the October 31st events in Batangafo, Central African Republic" (PDF). Médecins Sans Frontières. February 2019. There were recurrent rumours on an imminent attack on Lakouanga by AB from Kambakota
4. RCA : détonations d’armes automatiques à Batangafo, les populations, paniquées, sont en fuite, 26 October 2020 (in French)
5. RCA : arrivée des forces de défense à Kambakota, les rebelles disparaissent dans la nature, 26 February (in French)
6. [lengosongo.cf/2022/01/05/quatre-bandits-de-la-cpc-neutralises-par-les-faca-et-leurs-allies-russes-au-village-kamba-kota/ Quatre bandits de la CPC neutralisés par les FACA et leurs alliés Russes au village Kamba-Kota], 5 January 2021