23 June 2022: In Lawane quarter, Russian state-linked mercenaries from the Wagner Group detained a 30-year-old pharmacist on suspicion that he was providing health care to a rebel leader. He was taken away, tortured and executed. His body was found on 03 July by passers-by around the Ouaka River. Source: HumAngle

In October 2021, the Russia-linked Wagner Group, supported by FACA troops, attacked a village in Bossangoa district, Ouham prefecture and looted a health centre. Shops were also destroyed, livestock was stolen, and three civilians were killed in the attack. This was just one of the 107 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in the CAR in 2021, according to the SHCC. Read the full factsheet here. 

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