Mouvement de Résistance Populaire pour la Refondation de la Centrafrique

People’s Resistance Movement for the Refoundation of the Central African Republic (Mouvement de Résistance Populaire pour la Refondation de la Centrafrique; MRPRC) is the main organization claiming to be the political representatives of the anti-balaka rebels. It is led by Levy Yakete. In March 2013, President François Bozizé (a Christian) was overthrown in the Central African Republic conflict by a mostly Muslim rebel coalition known as Séléka. The MRPRC was created at that time to resist the Muslim nomads and restore Bozizé to power. A series of atrocities in early 2014 committed by anti-balaka lead the United Nations to condemn Yakete and the ant-balaka movement.