Bagandou

Bagandou
Bagandou Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 3°44′40″N 17°50′22″E
Country	Central African Republic
Prefecture	Lobaye
Sub-prefecture	Moboma
Commune	Moboma
Population  (2013)
• Total	4,500

Bagandou is a village located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Lobaye. It has about 4,500 inhabitants.[1]

Since 2000, Bagandou has been the seat of Polish missionaries.[1] There is also a hospital in the village, built with money collected by missionary carollers from Tarnów diocese.[2]

The Catholic Mission in Bagandou currently has 14 chapels along with the parish church. The parish priest in Bagandou is Fr. Mieczysław Pająk, who comes from the vicinity of Nowy Sącz.[3]

History

On 9 July 2020 demonstrators burned down police headquarters in Bangadou following a police killing.[4]

In early January 2021 Bagandou was captured by Anti-balaka fighters, members of Coalition of Patriots for Change.[5] It was recaptured by government forces on 6 January after killing 24 rebels.[6]

References

1. Kotas, Margita (21 April 2013). "Mission on a powder keg". Sunday (in Polish). Metropolitan Curia in Częstochowa. pp. 8–9.
2. ogniskomisacyjne.wsd.tarnow.pl. "Bagandou Hospital" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
3. pigmeje.pl. "Catholic Mission in Bagandou" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
4. "RCA : vive tension à Bagandou, un renfort des forces de l'ordre a été mis en déroute par une foule hostile". 11 July 2020.
5. "RCA : un élément de la garde rapprochée du chef de l'État assassiné par des hommes armés". 7 January 2021.
6. "Centrafrique : Résumé d'actualité de la semaine en 10 points". 9 January 2021.