Baoro is a town located in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the C ...

prefecture of

Nana-Mambéré Nana-Mambéré is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. It covers an area of 26,600 km and has a population of 233,666 (2003 census). The capital is Bouar. It was part of Kamerun Kamerun was an African colony ...

History

On 20 January 2014 Seleka withdrew from Baoro. Two days later armed

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fighters attacked the town killing civilians. Muslims were able to repel the attack and in respinse started killing Christian civilians resulting in more than 100 deads. On 29 January

took control of the town after last Muslims left. In July 2017 Baoro was reportedly under control of security forces (gendarmerie). On 28 December 2020 rebels from

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took control of the town. It was recaptured by government forces on 8 February 2021.

References

Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic Populated places in the Central African Republic Populated places in Nana-Mambéré {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub