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Added newly appointed Sub-Prefect per 30 May 2024 Touadera Decree

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|leader_name = Dieudonné Ouenengaisse<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oubangui Medias |first1=Oubangui Medias |title=Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets |url=https://oubanguimedias.com/2024/06/03/centrafrique-decrets-portant-nomination-des-gouverneurs-des-prefets-et-des-sous-prefets/ |website=oubanguimedias.com |publisher=Oubangui Medias |access-date=6 June 2024}}</ref>
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'''Gambo''' is a town located in the [[Central African Republic]] [[Prefectures of the Central African Republic|prefecture]] of [[Mbomou]]. The town is named after Gambo, a [[Nzakara]] chief who ruled the area in the years before 1931.<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Fandos-Rius |first2=Juan |date=2016 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic |edition=New |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=9780810879911 |page=287}}</ref>

== History ==
On 18 March 2013 Gambo was captured by [[Séléka]] rebels.<ref>Hippolyte Marboua and Krista Larson, [https://apnews.com/a0028844d9af480fb73ccc66d9d9d941 "Central African Republic rebels threaten new fight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017161003/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2013/Central-African-Republic-rebels-threaten-to-take-up-arms-if-demands-not-met-within-72-hours/id-a0028844d9af480fb73ccc66d9d9d941 |date=17 October 2013 }}, Associated Press, 18 March 2013.</ref> In April 2015 Gambo was reported to be under control of [[Union for Peace in the Central African Republic]].<ref>[https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2015_936.pdf Letter dated 21 December 2015 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to Security Council resolution 2196 (2015) addressed to the President of the Security Council], page 16</ref> In November 2016 Gambo was reportedly under control of [[Anti-balaka]].<ref>[https://www.ipisresearch.be/mapping/webmapping/car/v2/#4.651850167522525/22.26333260536194/12.10946168745635/4/2/ IPIS Map CAR v2]</ref> On 3 August 2017 heavy clashes erupted between [[Anti-balaka]] and [[Union for Peace in the Central African Republic|UPC]] in the city resulting in 30 civilians and six volunteers from Red Cross killed and 150 houses being burnt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2018_1119.pdf|title=Letter dated 14 December 2018 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic established pursuant to resolution 2399 (2018) addressed to the President of the Security Council |page=147|publisher=[[Security Council]]}}</ref> On 30 July 2018 Anti-balaka attacked UN convoy in Gambo injuring two Egyptian peacekeepers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/141116/car-peacekeepers-ambushed-in-gambo-southeast-july-30|title=CAR: Peacekeepers ambushed in Gambo (southeast) July 30|date=31 July 2018}}</ref> On 6 May 2021 the town was recaptured by government forces.<ref>[https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/rca-reprise-de-la-ville-de-kembe-mais-aussi-de-dimbi-de-poumbolo-et-de-gambo-par-les-forces-loyalistes/ RCA : reprise de la ville de Kémbé, mais aussi de Dimbi, de Poumbolo et de Gambo par les forces loyalistes], 6 May 2021</ref>

== References ==
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{{Mbomou}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Mbomou]]

Gambo, Central African Republic - Revision history

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