Dekoa[2] (Dékoua[3]) is a sub-prefecture and town in the Kémo Prefecture of the south-eastern Central African Republic.
Dekoa
Dékoua | |
|---|---|
Sub-prefecture and town | |
 Sub-prefectures of Kémo | |
  Dekoa Location in the Central African Republic | |
| Coordinates: 6°19′N 19°4′E / 6.317°N 19.067°E | |
| Country |  Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Kémo |
| Government | |
| • Sub-Prefect | Basile Cyriac Leppa[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
History
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In the nineteenth century freebooter Rabih az-Zubayr brought Dekoa under his sway and made it a part of the Bornu Empire. In March 1899, the sultan captured and imprisoned the explorer Ferdinand de Béhagle at Dekoa. Béhagle was subsequently hanged after the French battled the sultan's troops at Kouno in October of that year.[4][5]
Civil war
editOn 28 December 2012 Séléka rebels took control of Dekoa.[6] On 8 April 2014 Anti-balaka attacked ex-Seleka positions in Dekoa resulting in 30 deaths.[7] On 17 August 2018 FACA was deployed in Dekoa.[8] Three UN peacekeepers from Burundi were killed in Dekoa and Bakouma on December 26, 2020, one day before the 2020 Central African general election.[9] Three Anti-balaka leaders in Kaga-Bandoro were arrested by international forces for ordering the attack.[10]
Notes
edit- ^ Oubangui Medias, Oubangui Medias. "Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets". oubanguimedias.com. Oubangui Medias. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Dekoa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Dékoua (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Kalck, Pierre (2005). Historical Dictionary Of The Central African Republic. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8108-4913-6.
- ^ Zakari, Maikorema (1979). Rabih au Bornou (1893-1900): une étape de la colonisation française (in French). Niamey, France: Institut de recherches en sciences humaines, Université de Niamey. p. 84. OCLC 7554186.
- ^ Central African Republic: 2003-2015
- ^ Central African Republic: Violence leaves '30 dead', 9 April 2014
- ^ "Centrafrique : Les FACA déployées à Dekoa au centre du pays font preuve des valeurs du vivre ensemble". 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Three UN peacekeepers killed in CAR ahead of Sunday's elections". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. December 26, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Centrafrique : Résumé d’actualité de la semaine en 10 points, 9 January 2021
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