Last Updated: October 18, 2026

Younous Abdoulay Oumar

Aliases

Oumar Younous

Omar Younous

Oumar Sodiam

Oumar Younous M’Betibangui

Nationality

Sudan

Position

Former Séléka General

Date of birth

1970-04-02

Address

Tel.: +236 75507560, Bria, Central African Republic; Birao, Central African Republic; previous location, Tullus, Southern Darfur, Sudan

Reg. ID

Diplomatic Passport, D00000898, issuer: Central African Republic, issued: 2013-04-11, expires: 2018-04-10

Other sanctions regimes

Sender

Additional info

art. 2, para. 1 let. a (Financial sanctions) et art. 4, para. 1 (Travel ban)

Other Information

Designation: Former Séléka General; Is a diamond smuggler and a three-star general of the Séléka and close confident of former CAR interim president Michel Djotodia. Physical description: hair colour: black; height: 180cm; belongs to the Fulani ethnic group. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Reportedly deceased as at 11 Oct 2015.

Date of listing

2015-09-03

Program information

Authority

Program

Ordinance of 14 March 2014 on measures against the Central African Republic (SR 946.231.123.6)

Regime

UN, Switzerland country specific

Target State

Central African Republic

Measures

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Official Information

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 14 March 2014 on measures against the Central African Republic (SR 946.231.123.6). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council.

Program URL

https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2014/150/de

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