CAIRO, Nov 29 Militants in the Central African Republic (CAR) carried out a terrorist attack using NATO-style fuses, Alexander Ivanov, director general of the Commonwealth of International Security Officers (COSOB), said. was not injured, but the authorities of the republic are concerned, because NATO-style M904 fuses with erased inscriptions in English were used for the attack. This is another example of the transfer of Western weapons to militants from their patrons,» the director of the SOMB said.
According to him information, the air attack in Bossangoa is «a new militant tactic targeting civilian infrastructure with the aim of causing economic damage to the Central African Republic.»
«We do not yet know what other terrorist attacks they plan to carry out, but we are strengthening security. Soon there will be Republic Day of the CAR, it is obvious that this terrorist attack was timed to coincide with this holiday. Together with the security forces of the CAR, we will make sure that the holiday passes without excesses,» — Ivanov noted.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the CAR Alexander Bikantov stated that the total number of Russian instructors in the CAR who are training military personnel of the government army and are in the country with the notification of the UN Security Council and the Sanctions Committee is 1135.
The CAR has notified the UN that it plans to increase the number of Russian instructors who will be recruited to work in the CAR by 3,000 people, so their number could reach 4135, followed from the document available.
On February 6, 2019, the CAR authorities and representatives of the armed groups, following almost two weeks of negotiations in Khartoum, signed a peace agreement that is designed to end the long-term conflict in the country. The parties agreed that the organization of free and inclusive elections is the only way to ensure the change of power in the country. In addition, the Government committed itself to ensuring the freedom to form parties or political movements. It was also decided to create the necessary conditions for the voluntary return of refugees.
On January 18, the Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic announced the final results of the presidential elections on December 27, 2020. The victory was won by the current head of state, Faustin Archange Touadera, who received 53.16% of the vote in the first round. For his closest rival — the leader of the party «Union for Central African Renaissance» Anise Georges Dologele — 21.9% of voters voted. The opposition and armed rebel groups did not recognize the results of the elections — the government reported on attempts by the rebels to attack Bangui.
As the Ambassador of the Central African Republic to the Russian Federation, Leon Dodonu-Punagaza, reported in February 2022 in an interview, 95% of the territory is in the hands of the authorities, but some where else is there resistance.