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CAF0015Bi Sidi Souleman#

Individual · designated 2020-08-05 under The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 · UN listing · entry last updated 2021-12-18

AddressesKoui, Ouham-Pendé prefecture, Central African Republic

DetailsBorn: 1962-07-20. Place of birth: Bocaranga, Central African Republic. Nationality: Central African Republic. Positions: President and self-proclaimed “general” of the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R)

IdentifiersUKSL CAF0015. OFSI group 13912. UN ref CFi.014. Passports: (laissez-Passer) issued on 15 Mar. 2019 (issued by the Minister of Interior of the Central African Republic )

NamesPrimary name: Bi Sidi Souleman. Titles: General. Aliases: Sidiki Abbas (good quality a.k.a quality); Souleymane Bi Sidi (good quality a.k.a quality); SIDIKI (good quality a.k.a quality); Sidiki (good quality a.k.a quality); Bi Sidi Soulemane (good quality a.k.a quality)

SanctionsAsset freeze, Travel Ban (indicators: asset freeze, travel ban). Regime: The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Source: UN. Designated 2020-08-05.

Other informationBi Sidi Souleman leads the Central African Republic (CAR)-based militia group Retour, Réclamation, Réhabilitation (3R) which has killed, tortured, raped, and displaced civilians and engaged in arms trafficking, illegal taxation activities, and warfare with other militias since its creation in 2015. Bi Sidi Souleman himself has also participated in torture. On 6 February 2019, 3R signed the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the CAR but has engaged in acts violating the Agreement and remains a threat to the peace, stability and security of the CAR. For instance, on 21 May 2019, 3R killed 34 unarmed civilians in three villages, summarily executing adult males. Bi Sidi Souleman openly confirmed to a UN Entity that he had ordered 3R elements to the villages on the date of the attacks, but did not admit to giving the orders for 3R to kill. In December 2020, after having joined a coalition of armed groups established to disrupt the electoral process, Bi Sidi Souleman was reportedly killed during fighting. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

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