Ouadda
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|leader_name = Ghislain Edgard Stéphane Yonaba{{cite web |last1=Oubangui Medias |first1=Oubangui Medias |title=Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets |url=https://oubanguimedias.com/2024/06/03/centrafrique-decrets-portant-nomination-des-gouverneurs-des-prefets-et-des-sous-prefets/ |website=oubanguimedias.com |publisher=Oubangui Medias |access-date=6 June 2024}}
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|leader_name1 = Michel Pouillaude Mapouka{{cite web|url=https://www.radiondekeluka.org/actualites/securite/39033-centrafrique-conditions-de-vie-alarmantes-pour-les-habitants-de-ouadda.html|title=Centrafrique : conditions de vie alarmantes pour les habitants de Ouadda|date=6 August 2022}}
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Ouadda is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Haute-Kotto.
History
Around November 2006, UFDR captured Ouadda.{{cite web |last1=HRW |first1=HRW |title=State of Anarchy:Rebellion and Abuses against Civilians |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2007/09/14/state-anarchy/rebellion-and-abuses-against-civilians#_ftn133 |website=hrw.org |publisher=Human Rights Watch |access-date=16 January 2023}} On 1 December 2006, FACA recaptured the town after facing a fierce battle with UFDR.{{cite web |last1=News24 |first1=News24 |title=CAR army recaptures seized town |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/car-army-recaptures-seized-town-20061201 |website=news24.com |publisher=News24 |access-date=16 January 2023}}
On 10 December 2012, the rebels from Séléka seized Ouadda, as well as weapons left by fleeing soldiers.{{cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse |title=Heavy fighting in northern CAR, many flee: military |location=Bangui, CAR |access-date=29 December 2012 |date=10 December 2012 |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jshqjKquif_q1t_RwuxspYsNE5qg?docId=CNG.6aa6b0e1d1388af93931fa346dcbef77.b1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220072244/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jshqjKquif_q1t_RwuxspYsNE5qg?docId=CNG.6aa6b0e1d1388af93931fa346dcbef77.b1 |archive-date=20 February 2014 }} In 2021 Ouadda was under the control of ex-Séléka Rassemblement patriotique pour le renouveau de la Centrafrique (RPRC).[https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2021/87 Letter dated 27 January 2021 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2536 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council], page 8 On 12 February 2022 Russian mercenaries from Wagner Group attacked Ouadda killing RPRC leader Damane Zakaria together with 20 of his men.[https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/le-chef-rebelle-zacharia-damane-allie-du-pouvoir-et-une-vingtaine-de-ses-hommes-abattus-par-les-hommes-de-wagner/ Le chef rebelle Zakaria Damane, allié du pouvoir, et une vingtaine de ses hommes abattus par les hommes de Wagner], 13 February 2022 On 11 May 2022 FPRC and UPC rebels took control of Ouadda. Five soldiers were killed, six injured and four captured by rebels.[https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/a-ouadda-violente-attaque-des-rebelles-contre-les-positions-des-soldats-faca-debandade-generale/ À Ouadda, violente attaque des rebelles contre les positions des soldats FACA, débandade générale], 11 May 2022 In October 2023 rebels withdrew from Ouadda following increased presence of MINUSCA peacekeepers.[https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch/database?location%5B%5D=5&date_range=custom&from_month=10&from_year=2023&to_month=10&to_year=2023 Central African Republic: October 2023]
FACA and MINUSCA forces seized Ouadda at the end of May 2024.{{cite web |last1=Ndeke Luka |first1=Ndeke Luka |title=Centrafrique : l’armée reconquiert les localités de Ouadda et Mouka |url=https://www.radiondekeluka.org/69025-centrafrique-larmee-reconquiert-les-localites-de-ouadda-et-mouka |website=radiondekeluka.org |publisher=Radio Ndeke Luka |access-date=5 June 2024}} An unknown armed group stormed FACA position in the town on 14 May 2025.{{cite web |last1=Ndeke Luka |first1=Ndeke Luka |title=Une position des Forces armées centrafricaines attaquée à Ouadda |url=https://www.radiondekeluka.org/85141-une-position-des-forces-armees-centrafricaines-attaquee-a-ouadda |website=radiondekeluka.org |publisher=Radio Ndeke Luka |access-date=15 May 2025}}
References
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{{Haute-Kotto}}
{{Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic}}
Category:Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic
Category:Populated places in Haute-Kotto
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