Central African Patriotic Movement

Central African Patriotic Movement
Mouvement patriotique pour la Centrafrique
MPC fighters in Beboye, 2016
Leaders	Mahamat al-Khatim Idriss Ahmed El-Bachar
Dates of operation	July 2015–
Split from	Séléka
Headquarters	Kaga-Bandoro (until 2021) Kabo (until 2021) Moyenne-Sido (until 2021) N'Djamena, Chad (since 2021) [1]
Active regions	Central African Republic: Nana-Grébizi prefecture Ouham prefecture Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture
Part of	Coalition of Patriots for Change (2020–2023)
Allies	FPRC
Opponents	Revolution and Justice (until 2018) Anti-balaka (until 2020) FACA Wagner Group (since 2020)
Battles and wars	Central African Republic Civil War 2018 Batangafo clashes

  Territories under control of MPC

Central African Patriotic Movement (MPC, French : Mouvement patriotique pour la Centrafrique) is a rebel group in the Central African Republic based in the northwestern part of the country. ^[2]

History

MPC was formed in July 2015 by Mahamat Al-Khatim. In October 2016, they were accused in taking part in attack which killed 37 civilians, however Al-Khatim denied these claims. ^[3] In May 2018, MNLC leader, Ahmat Bahar announced that his group was merging with MPC. On 17 December 2020, MPC joined Coalition of Patriots for Change. ^[4]

References

1. François Bozizé et d'autres chefs rebelles centrafricains se trouvent à Ndjamena, 7 November 2021
2. "Splintered Warfare II" (PDF). November 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
3. "Central African Republic: Deadly Raid on Displaced People". 1 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
4. Centrafrique : Déclaration de la Coalition des Patriotes pour le Changement Archived 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine , 18 December 2020