Russia’s army of mercenaries has been roiled by a rape scandal. And this time, the allegations are coming from soldiers who fought alongside them.
. The local soldiers, including Kolimba and Bissafi, were lucky to escape death, simply because they hid themselves rather than take on the militants.
“Several people were killed [by the Russians],” said Bissafi. "They were slaughtering people like animals." “We felt for the children who were crying when their parents were forced out of their homes, so we summoned up the courage to plead with the Russians to let the men and women go,” said Bissafi. “Unfortunately, that was when our problems began.”
In the last decade, abuses by armed actors have become common in CAR, which has been marked by instability and authoritarian rule since it gained independence from France in 1960. Following a coup in 2013, state institutions collapsed, and a civil war running along ethnic and religious divides broke out.
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