Inconclusive Séléka takeover (2012–2013) Séléka–Anti-balaka conflict (2013–2020) CPC rebellion (2020–) On 7 April 2024 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group conducted an operation in the Haute-Kotto prefecture near the town of Sam Ouandja to apprehend the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony.
Following the outbreak of the 2023 Sudanese civil war, a group of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters led by Joseph Kony moved from Kafia Kingi to a mountainous zone in the Haute-Kotto Prefecture.
Other traffickers had also established themselves in the area, which has become a market for Fulani pastoralists as well as armed groups, including Chadians, Sudanese, individuals from the Central African Republic, and LRA.
The defectors then joined together and travelled to Yangou-Pendéré, a mining site controlled by a supposed Chadian armed group allied with the government forces.
[4] On 7 April 2024, the Russian paramilitary force carried out a coordinated air and ground attack on Yemen camp, around 70 km (43 mi) south-east of Sam Ouandja.