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30 October 2026UN Security Council updates the sanctions list (30/10/2026)

BI SIDI SOULEMAN

UN reference
CFi.014
Sanctions regime
Central African Republic (2127 Committee)
Type
Individual
Designation
President and self-proclaimed “general” of the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R)
Nationality
Central African Republic
Date of birth
1962-07-20
Place of birth
Bocaranga, Central African Republic
Documents
Passport – Laissez-passer no. N°235/MISPAT/DIRCAB/DGPC/DGAEI/SI/SP – issued by the Minister of Interior of the Central African Republic
Address
Koui, Ouham-Pendé prefecture, Central African Republic
Aliases
“General” Sidiki; Bi Sidi Soulemane; Sidiki; Sidiki Abbas; Souleymane Bi Sidi
Listed on
5 August 2020
Updated by the UN
22 February 2021

Other information (UN original text)

Bi Sidi Souleman leads the Central African Republic (CAR)-based militia group Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (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:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

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