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The Lakouanga mosquee is a mosquee located in the 2nd arrondissement of Bangui, the capital city of Central African Republic. It is the only Muslim place of worship in the city outside the district PK5. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times during intercommunal violence in the 2010s.

Year 2010
The mosque is targeted several times in the 2010s. In may 2014, the building is looted and partially destroyed by Christian militias anti-Balaka in retaliation for an attack committed at the church Notre-Dame-de-Fatima in the 6th arrondissement. It is then rebuilt in December by local residents, including many Christians, thus becoming a symbol of reconciliation between the Christian and Muslim communities. After a year of interruption, prayer resumes at the mosque of Lakouanga on 1 may 2015 in the presence of Babacar Gaye, Special Representative of the Secretary of the United Nations, and Charles Malinas, Ambassador of France to the Central African Republic. on 4 augustt following,the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) make a donation of equipment up to $7,071,200 francs CFA$ for the reconstruction of the mosque.

The mosque is destroyed a second time le 28 september 2015, then partially destroyed a third time in october 2016 .The establishment reopens for prayer in 2017, while it is still under construction. On 1 mai 2018, worshipers are killed in the Lakouanga mosque in retaliation for an attack on the Fatima church.