The Republic of Logone (french: République de Logone), also known as Dar al-Kuti (french: Dar el-Kouti, links=no), was a partially-realized, self-declared

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and

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internationally recognised as part of the

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. It was formed by the Muslim rebel movement

Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC, french: Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique) is a rebel group in the Central African Republic which controls areas of the northern part of the country, until 2021 ...

(FPRC) with support of other armed groups on 14 December 2015.

History

In March 2013, during the

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which began a year earlier, the Muslim Séléka rebels forced the Christian president of the Central African Republic François Bozizé from his office, resulting in violence from the Christian

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militias. The UN sent in

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troops and scheduled a constitutional referendum for 13 December 2015 and national elections on 27 December in order to stabilize the country. However,

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, the leader of the

( FPRC), one of the four Muslim Séléka militias, abstained from the scheduled elections. In his view, Muslims and Christians could no longer live together in one country. On 14 December 2015, Adam's spokesman, Maouloud Moussa, declared the

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Republic of Logone in the northeast of the country. He explained that they wanted first to achieve autonomy within the Central African Republic and eventually absolute independence. Later, it was announced that the name of the new republic would be "Dar al-Kuti" after the historic Dar al-Kuti sultanate. Louisa Lombard, a professor of

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at the

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, explained that it is possible that declaration of a new republic was a negotiating tactic for upcoming elections or a method for increasing influence, and that the rebels did not really believe that it is feasible to create a new state. Besides FPRC the independence of Republic of Logone has been supported by MPC, RPRC and MLCJ armed groups.Splintered warfare: Alliances, affiliations, and agendas of armed factions and politicomilitary groups in the Central African Republic
August 2017 On 10 April 2021 Kaga-Bandoro was recaptured by government forces.

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