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{{Short description|Anti-government militia in the Central African Republic}}
{{Infobox militant organization
|name     = Democratic Front of the Central African People<br />{{lang|fr|<small>Front démocratique du peuple centrafricain</small>}}
|image    = FDPCfighter.png
|image_size = 250px
|caption  = FDPC fighter in Zoukombo, 2016
|dates    = {{Start date|2004}}–2019
|leader   = [[Abdoulaye Miskine]] (until 2019)
|motives  =
|headquarters =  Nabanza, [[Ouham]](2008)<br/>[[Zoukombo]] (2016–2019)<br/>[[Am Dafok]] (2019)
|area     = north-central Central African Republic
|ideology =
|crimes   =
|attacks  =
|status   =
|size     = 20 (2008)<br/>100 (2016)
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The '''Democratic Front of the Central African People''' ({{langx|fr|Front démocratique du peuple centrafricain}}; '''FDPC''') was an anti-government militia in the [[Central African Republic]] (CAR). It was one of the major combatants in the [[Central African Republic Bush War|CAR Bush War]] and a member of the [[Séléka CPSK-CPJP-UFDR]] alliance of militant groups{{sfn|RFI|12-31}} that overthrew the national government in March 2013.
The FDPC signed a ceasefire with the government on February 2, 2007. This agreement was known as the [[Sirte]] Agreement, after the [[Libya]]n city where it was signed. It was the earliest of the ceasefires that the government signed individually with each of the three major militias,{{sfn|Wikileaks|2008-12-03}} bringing temporary peace to the country. It controlled a small pocket between [[Kabo]] and [[Moyenne-Sido]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ipisresearch.be/maps/CAR/20090217_Mapping_CAR.pdf|title=Mapping Conflict Motives: Central African Republic|date=17 February 2019}}</ref>
After falling out with Séléka, FDPC leader [[Abdoulaye Miskine]] fled across the border into [[Cameroon]] and was arrested there in 2013. The FDPC responded by abducting 26 people from both countries, including a Polish priest, in an effort to pressure Cameroon's government to release Miskine. In November 2014, the FDPC released its hostages and Cameroon released Miskine.<ref>Christian Elion and Crispin Dembassa-Kette, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrica-rebels-idUSKCN0JC15E20141128 "Cameroon frees Central African rebel chief in exchange for hostages"], Reuters, 28 November 2014.</ref>
On 20 May 2016, FDPC occupied Zoukombo village near the Cameroonian border. FDPC was also present in [[Abba, Central African Republic|Abba]] and near [[Kabo]]. At this time it had less than 100 fighters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2016/694|title=Letter dated 9 August 2016 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to Security Council resolution 2262 (2016) addressed to the President of the Security Council|page=24|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028223346/https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2016/694|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 5 April 2019, MINUSCA captured Zoukombo killing three FDPC fighters where it had previously established a checkpoint.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20190406-rca-centrafrique-operation-minusca-zoukombo-fdpc-abdoulaye-miskine|date=6 April 2019|title=RCA: opération de la Minusca contre les positions du FDPC}}</ref> In September 2019 it was reported that FDPC was present in Vakaga prefecture participating in FPRC offensives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.abangui.com/h/69744.html|title=Centrafrique : Des mercenaires libyens, soudanais et tchadiens lourdement armés rejoignent Abdoulaye Miskine à Ouadda|date=25 September 2019}}</ref> After [[Am Dafok]] was captured by MLCJ on 14 October Miskine was forced to flee to Sudan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/nouvelle-debacle-du-fprc-a-amdafock-abdoulaye-miskine-pris-entre-les-deux-feux/|title=Nouvelle débâcle du FPRC à Amdafock, Abdoulaye Miskine pris entre les deux feux.|date=14 October 2019}}</ref> In October Abdoulaye Miskine was arrested in [[Chad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20200722-centrafrique-plainte-tchad-contre-le-chef-rebelle-abdoulaye-miskine|title=Centrafrique: plainte au Tchad contre le chef rebelle Abdoulaye Miskine|date=22 July 2020}}</ref>
==References==
;Footnotes
{{reflist}}
;Sources
{{refbegin}}
*{{Cite news
| publisher = RFI
| title = Centrafrique : pour qui roule la Seleka?
| accessdate = 2013-03-11
| date = 2012-12-31
| url = http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121229-centrafrique-roule-seleka-bozize-faca-cpjp
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130122132420/http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20121229-centrafrique-roule-seleka-bozize-faca-cpjp
| archivedate=2013-01-22 |ref={{harvid|RFI|12-31}}
}}
*{{Cite conference
| publisher = Wikileaks
| title = Wikileaks Cable: Gabon/car: Framework Agreement On Car DDR Process
| location = Embassy Libreville (Gabon)
| accessdate = 2013-03-25
| date = 2008-12-03
| url = http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=08LIBREVILLE567
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130413164118/http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=08LIBREVILLE567
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2013-04-13 |ref={{harvid|Wikileaks|2008-12-03}}
}}
{{refend}}
[[Category:Central African Republic Bush War]]
[[Category:Factions of the Central African Republic Civil War]]
[[Category:Rebel groups in the Central African Republic]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in the Central African Republic]]