It was one of the major combatants in the CAR Bush War and a member of the Séléka CPSK-CPJP-UFDR alliance of militant groups[1] that overthrew the national government in March 2013.

It was the earliest of the ceasefires that the government signed individually with each of the three major militias,[2] bringing temporary peace to the country.

[3] 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.

[5] On 5 April 2019, MINUSCA captured Zoukombo killing three FDPC fighters where it had previously established a checkpoint.