Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Ali Darassa
Aliases
Ali Daras; Ali Darassa; Ali Mahamat Darassa; Ali Darrassa; Ali Darassa Mahamat
Position
Founder and leader of the Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC)
Nationality
Central African Republic
DoB
1978-09-22
Address
Central African Republic
Reg. ID
10978000004482
Other Information
Ali Darassa founded and still leads the Central African Republic (CAR)-based militia group Unité pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC), which has killed, tortured, raped, and displaced civilians, committed a large number of abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, and engaged in arms trafficking, illegal taxation activi...
Date of listing
2021-12-21
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Regime
UN, UK country specific
Target State
Central African Republic
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Regulations impose financial, trade and immigration sanctions for the purpose of giving effect to the United Kingdom’s obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolutions including 2127 (2013), 2134 (2014), 2399 (2018), 2536 (2020), 2588 (2021) and 2648 (2022), (‘UNSCR 2127’, ‘UNSCR 2134’, ‘UNSCR 2399’ ‘UNSCR 2536’, ‘UNSCR 2588’, ‘UNS...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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