Muslim residents of the Central African Republic (CAR) have advocated calls for the establishment of a new state to be located in the north of the country.

Many in the CAR Muslim community have stated that partition is the best and simplest solution to the threat of violence from Christian militiamen in the country's south.

Young Muslims in the town of Bambari said they are using their mobile phones to circulate a design for a national flag of what they call the Republic of Northern Central Africa.

“The partition itself has already been done. Now there only remains the declaration of independence,” said Abdel Nasser Mahamat Youssouf, member of a youth group lobbying for the secession of the north.

The Central African Republic plunged into a sectarian war following a coup last year.

The violence has left thousands of people dead and over a million displaced.

The United Nations has described the displacement of the Muslims of the CAR as ethnic-religious cleansing.

Human rights organizations have also warned of religious cleansing of Muslims in the Central African Republic.