Clashes between RSF in Central African Republic.. Wagner forces intervene

Russian forces stationed in the Central African Republic separated Chadian rebels who were divided on ethnic grounds and fought in the (Hajar Fatna) area in Brau Governorate adjacent to the Sudanese border opposite the (Om Dafug) area in South Darfur State.

 

A correspondent for (Darfur 24) on the border between the two countries heard the testimony of six people, some of whom were Sudanese travelers and others were citizens of the Central African Republic, who confirmed that the National Democratic Movement for Solidarity and Action groups fought two battles on January 16 and 25, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries on both sides, and tension is still prevailing on both sides of the border between the Central African Republic and Sudan.

 

A native official inside the Central African Republic told (Darfur 24) that a group of Arab tribes intertwined with Sudan from members of the rebel movement joined the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia after the outbreak of war in Sudan; While the Wadai and Sara tribes refused to join the militia and preferred to continue their opposition to the N’Djamena government.

 

This was followed by a period of hostility and ambush between the two groups, which exploded with the Arab group’s attack on the other’s camp in the Hajar Fatna area, about 36 kilometers east of the city of Brau. They were able to kill a number of Wadai and Sara fighters and seize weapons and vehicles as a result of the attack; however, the Wadai and Sara group gathered again and attacked the desert of the Sudanese Fulani tribe – the Om Bararo branch – and the attack caused harm to the women of the desert and the theft of livestock before the Arab group attacked the Wadai and Sara group again in the Ramla and Mamoun areas in Brau province.

 

 

The native official said that the Russian forces transferred some of the surviving rebels from Wadai and Sara to the Selia` area to the south and the wounded to Brau Hospital, while they asked the Sudanese group to return towards the Sudanese border, where the town of Om Dafug is located.

 

A resident of Om Dafug, who asked to be referred to by his grandfather’s name (Ali), said that tensions on the border are increasing due to the activity of armed groups opposing Chad, which are based in the Central African Republic under the control and coordination of Russian government forces and agents of the Wagner security company, without the concerned state forces having control over the activity of these groups and their cross-border alliances; while the RSF is working to take advantage of this situation by attracting militants to their ranks. Ali said that on January 17, Russian agents took men from the rebel movement from inside the Central African Republic to Om Dafug in Sudan in coordination with the militia to conduct a reconciliation between the two groups of the divided movement, but the allies of the Sudanese side refused to reconcile and asked the (Wadai and Sara) group to join them or return to Chadian territory, which is about 105 kilometers from Hajar Fatna.