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The United Nations (UN) evokes “war crimes” in Boyo in 2021 and accuses the Central African armed forces. The UN accuses the Central African army “of having armed the militiamen” who attacked the village of Boyo , located 120 km from Bambari in the Ouaka, in the center of the Central African Republic. “Because of their knowledge of the area, local recruits, trained and guided by members of the Central African Republic armed forces and foreign private military companies, walked to the remote village of Boyo and were able to identify their victims,” ​​said a report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. In their official response to the UN report, the Central African authorities claimed that the link with government forces “is not corroborated by elements of evidence “. Boyo was the scene of a deadly attack in 2021. Indeed, “atrocities” were committed there by anti-balaka militiamen on the 24 villages and nearly 4,500 inhabitants who lived there peacefully. Militiamen from Tagbara stormed the locality and committed atrocities once morest the Muslim community, perceived as supporting an armed group engaged in the fight once morest the government. The report shows 13 people killed in Boyo-center and 51 people in the surrounding area. 547 houses were destroyed, and hundreds of people fled to Bambari, Bria and even Bangui”. According to the Office of the High Commissioner, the Boyo attack confirms a trend documented by the UN mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) “according to which foreign private military companies, operating under the direction or with the consent of government authorities, use proxies to carry out attacks once morest the civilian population”.

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