The Republic of Logone (), also known as Dar El-Kuti (), is a partially realized, self-declared

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and proto-state 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 (FPRC) with support of other armed groups on 14 December 2015. the States of Republic of Logone it's Bamingui-Bangoran, Vakaga and Haute-Kotto.

Background

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is a minority religion in the

, practiced by approximately 15% of the population in 2012, with 85% of the population practicing Christianity. In March 2013, during the Central African Republic Civil War which began a year earlier, the Muslim Séléka rebels forced the Christian president of the Central African Republic

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from his office, resulting in violence from the Christian

anti-balaka The Anti-balaka (''anti-machete'') is an alliance of militia groups based in the Central African Republic in the early 21st century said by ''the Guardian'' to be composed primarily of Christians, but also some Muslims. However, some church leade ...

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, Noureddine Adam, the leader of the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic ( 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.

History

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.

Flag

The flag of the Republic of Logone consists of three horizontal stripes of yellow (for the gold of the North), black (that the north was abandoned by the government in

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) and green (for the fertility of the land). In the centre of the black strip is a black star that stands for the struggle of the people in the north for their

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