Batobadja

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Batobadja
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Batobadja
Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 5°34′33″N20°49′11″E / 5.57583°N 20.81972°E / 5.57583; 20.81972
Country Central African Republic
Prefecture Ouaka
Sub-prefecture Bambari
CommuneNgougbia
Population
 (2022)
 • Total1,985 [1]

Batobadja is a village situated in Ouaka Prefecture, Central African Republic.

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History

An armed group invaded Batobadja on 21 and 22 September 2014 and pillaged the health center’s pharmacy, causing the death of one person. [2] An armed Peuhl militia killed 21 people in Batobadja in the second week of October 2014. [3] On 18 October, ex-Séléka attacked Anti-balaka positions in Batobadja to retaliate the attack of two Muslim-owned vehicles in the village three days before, causing the villagers to seek refuge in Notre Dame des Victoires, Bambari. [4]

Anti-balaka militias stormed the Peuhl camp in Batobadja on 20 December 2014 and killed ten people, including seven ex-Séléka fighters, two civilians, and one Anti-balaka member. Fourteen houses were torched down and several injured civilians were transported to Bambari. [5]

CPC rebels attacked Batobadja on 30 December 2021, resulting in the villagers fleeing to Bambari and Matchika. As the village emptied, the rebels looted civilian properties, including goats. [6]

Education

There is one school in the village. [7]

Healthcare

Batobadja has one health post. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ ACTED 2022, p. 3.
  2. ↑ UNICEF (3 October 2014). CAR HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT –3 October 2014 (Report). UNICEF. p. 13. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ↑ UNHRC (24 July 2015). Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum (A/HRC/30/59) (PDF) (Report). UNHRC. p. 10. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. ↑ ACTED (28 October 2014). Rapport d’Evaluation Multisectorielle - RRM : Batobadja - Matcheka - Préfecture de la Ouaka, 27 – 28 Octobre 2014 (PDF) (Report). ACTED. p. 4. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Krock, Fred. "Centrafrique: une dizaine de morts au village Batobadja dans un affrontement entre Anti-balaka et Séléka". corbeaunews-centrafrique.org. Corbeau News Centrafrique. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ↑ ACTED 2022, p. 2.
  7. ↑ ACTED 2018, p. 5.
  8. ↑ ACTED 2018, p. 6.

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