The Central African government recently confirmed the deployment of “Russian instructors ” to support the army in Obo, in Haut-Mbomou. Until then, Wagner's men had not established a foothold in this area where for a year, a self-defense group has been carrying out actions against the Zandé rebels.
A risk, according to a member of local civil society, of seeing abuses documented in other regions of the country reach Hauts-M bomou, and be added to the distress of the populations.