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MLJC joins BRDC against high cost of living in Bangui

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The Central African Youth Liberation Movement (MLJC) announces it is joining the Republican Bloc for the Defence of the Constitution (BRDC) and criticises Prime Minister Félix Moloua's governance. At a press conference in November 2026, the movement called for emergency measures against the high cost of living and criticised fuel prices in particular, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.

The Central African Youth Liberation Movement (MLJC), the youth wing of the Central African People's Liberation Movement (MLPC), is calling for emergency measures against the high cost of living and criticising the management of Central African Prime Minister Félix Moloua. At a press conference in November 2026, the movement notably criticised rising fuel prices, living conditions, restrictions targeting civil society figures and public freedoms, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.

The MLJC also says the government is not adequately addressing difficulties affecting health, education, youth employment, access to drinking water and electricity. The movement recalls that it had already criticised the government's record on 6 September 2026, notably drawing on the Central African Republic's ranking in a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.

The position comes as the Republican Bloc for the Defence of the Constitution (BRDC), a Central African political coalition, had called for a demonstration against the high cost of living in Bangui on 13 November, before the capital's authorities banned it on 8 November, according to Bangui bans BRDC march on 13 November against high cost of living.

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