Last Updated: January 17, 2025

Bi Sidi Soulemane

Aliases

Souleymane Bi Sidi; Sidiki Abbas; "General" Sidiki; Sidiki; Bi Sidi SOULEMAN

Position

President and self-proclaimed “general” of the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R)

Nationality

Central African Republic

DoB

1962-07-20

Address

Koui, Ouham-Pendé prefecture, Central African Republic

Reg. ID

N°235/MISPAT/DIRCAB/DGPC/DGAEI/SI/SP (passport-National passport) (issued by Minister of Interior of the Central African Republic on 2019-03-15)(Laissez-passer no.)

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2021.132.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2021%3A132%3ATOC

Official reason

Bi Sidi Souleman was listed on 5 August 2020 pursuant to paragraph 20 and paragraph 21 (b) of resolution 2399 (2018), extended by paragraph 5 of resolution 2507 (2020), for engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of the Central African Republic, including acts that threaten or impede the stabilizati...

Other Information

President and self-proclaimed ‘general’ of the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R) armed group, Bi Sidi Souleman has engaged in acts threatening the peace, stability and security of the CAR and, in particular, threatening the implementation of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in CAR signed on 6 February 2019 in Bangui. ...

Date of listing

2021-04-19

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic

Regime

UN

Target State

Central African Republic

Measures

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Prohibition to satisfy claims, Restrictions on admission

Sanctions Portfolio

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them; - It is prohibited to satisfy claims made by the persons listed in Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affected...

Official Information

On 5 December 2013, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2127 (2013), which imposes an arms embargo against the Central African Republic (CAR). The EU implemented this decision on 23 December 2013. On 28 January 2014, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2134 (2014) imposing also targeted restrictive measures on persons or entities that...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0798-20220110