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The Central African National Liberation Movement (French: Mouvement Centrafricain de Libération Nationale, MCLN), was a political opposition movement in the Central African Republic led by Rodolphe Iddi Lala. The party had an armed wing, the Forces Armées de Libération Militaire (English: Armed Forces of Military Liberation).

History

Lala was expelled from Abel Goumba's Ubangian Popular Front in 1980, and subsequently formed the MCLN on 30 December 1980,^[1]which failed to attract considerable support.^[2] On July 14, 1981 MCLN bombed a popular cinema in Bangui. Three people were killed and several others injured. MCLN took responsibility for the act and claimed that such attacks would only be stopped if French troops withdrew. The regime answered by banning MCLN and several other (more peaceful) opposition groups.^[3]

MCLN was supported by Libya. Claimed links to MCLN were often used by the regime to delegitimize the major opposition forces in the country. The party was banned on 18 July 1981.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b CAR: Defunct political parties Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine EISA
^ Serre, Jacques (2007). Biographie de David Dacko : premier président de la République centrafricaine, 1930-2003 : documents pour servir à l'histoire de la République centrafricaine. Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-02318-5. OCLC 123764548.
^ O'Toole, Thomas. The Central African Republic: The Continent's Hidden Heart. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986

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Extraparliamentary	Alliance for Democracy and Progress Central African Republican Party Congress of Central African Social Democrats Democratic Forum for Modernity Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa Liberal Democratic Party MESAN MESAN–Boganda Movement for Democracy, Independence and Social Progress National Democratic Front National Party for a New Central Africa Party for Democracy in Central Africa Patriotic Front for Progress Social Democratic Party
Defunct	Central African Democratic Union Central African National Liberation Movement Civic Forum Democratic Evolution Movement of Central Africa Independent Grouping for Reflection Löndö Association Movement for Democracy and Independence Movement for Unity, Peace and Security National Convention People's Union for the Republic Republican Progressive Party
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