In October, the Central African Republic army and Russian military experts thwarted a major operation by extremist groups and staged a preemptive strike, Central African Republic President Fausten-Arlof Twode said in an interview with TASS. He added that the Anthropology, numbering about 1,300 fighters, planned an attack against the Vakaga and Bamingui-Bangoran prefectures in the second half of October.

In October, the Central African Republic army and Russian military experts thwarted a major operation by extremist groups and staged a preemptive strike, Central African Republic President Fausten-Arlof Twode said in an interview with TASS. He added that the Anthropology, numbering about 1,300 fighters, planned an attack against the Vakaga and Bamingui-Bangoran prefectures in the second half of October.