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Former rebel Baba Laddé puts his political party on the map

On Thursday 31 March, former rebel leader Mahamat Abdoul Kadré Oumar, better known as Baba Laddé, will inaugurate the brand new headquarters of his party, the Popular Front for Recovery (FPR). [...]

Published on 30.03.2022 at 05:00 GMT

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From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Rebel leaders Baba Laddé, Ali Darass and Hassan Bouba have proclaimed themselves defenders of the Fula, a community widely shunned within the region, in a strategy of self-defence that handily fits in with their own interests.

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Rebel leader Ali Darass, head of the Union pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC).

Chad
The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Former Fulani rebel leader Baba Laddé, whose real name is Mahamat Abdoul Kadré Oumar, was dismissed on 15 February from his post as director of intelligence and investigations.

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Central African Republic
Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice

By targeting one of the emblematic figures of the Central African Republic conflict - livestock minister and former rebel leader Hassan Bouba - the Bangui special criminal court has thrown a spanner into an already uneasy mix of peace deals, jittery financial backers and Russian mercenaries.

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Central African livestock minister Hassan Bouba in February 2021.

Central African Republic
Bangui's high-stakes gamble with rebel groups

At Luanda's instigation, several heads of the armed groups that last year joined a rebel coalition recently signed an initial deal with the government. But Bangui suspects two holdouts of rapidly rearming via neighbouring states.

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Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Baba Laddé, master spy of the three borders

By installing the former rebel leader Baba Laddé as its head of intelligence, N'Djamena is hoping to keep a close eye on all its neighbours. His appointment comes amid tensions within the ANS intelligence agency run by Ahmed Kogri.

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Undated photo of Chadian intelligence director Baba Laddé.

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Baba Ladde
Idriss Deby
Mahamat Abdoul Kadré Oumar
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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

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Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Chad
Former rebel Baba Laddé puts his political party on the map

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad
From Bangui to N'Djamena, the secret war of the Fula's 'defenders'

Chad
The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Central African Republic
Touadéra and Moscow protect warlord Hassan Bouba from international justice

Central African Republic
Bangui's high-stakes gamble with rebel groups

Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Baba Laddé, master spy of the three borders