[4] MINUSCA forces attacked Anti-balaka in Cantonnier on 19 November 2014 after the failed disarmament attempt of the militia.

[5] Nevertheless, Anti-balaka entered the town again and erected four checkpoint in it, which were dismantled on 14 January 2016 by MINUSCA and gendarmerie.

[8] On 11 February 2021 morning, joint FACA, Wagner and RDF forces seized the town from rebels.

[10] In January 2023, the town residents held a demonstration against the construction of the Cameroon administrative office in the disputed buffer zone and later it was stopped.

Previously, Cameroon attempted to build an administrative office in the disputed buffer zone, which then halted due to an order from Jean-Serge Bokassa.