Baba Laddé

On December 23, 2011, in an article entitled "Central African Republic: Laddé, the man who wants to liberate the Peuls", the newspaper Jeune Afrique affirms that Baba Laddé wants to unite the Fulani movements with AQIM, the Polisario Front, the Tuaregs and the separatists of the Ogaden.

[4] According to researcher Roland Marchal, “What is different is the fact that he (Baba Laddé) was able to have a political discourse that was not confined within the borders of the Central African Republic, and within the localist claims.

[5]" In an interview with Radio France Internationale on February 28, 2012, Baba Laddé affirms that his new objective is to overthrow the Chadian and Central African regimes.

On March 16, 2012, Pierre Buyoya, former president of Burundi, affirmed “As for Baba Laddé, we have known for a long time that he is a bandit, a coupeur de route.

[7]" According to The Huffington Post of April 20, 2012, and Human Rights Watch, Baba Laddé and his men were on that date in the south-east of the Central African Republic, in the area where the Lord's Resistance Army is operating.

On July 23, 2012, Idriss Déby told Jeune Afrique that Baba Laddé "is a former Chadian gendarme who became a coupeur de route and trafficker in ivory, he is not a rebel, as some media claim, but a great bandit.

[11]" On August 14, 2012, François Bozizé reaffirmed to Radio France Internationale that Baba Laddé was in South Sudan.

On September 8, the communiqué of agreement signifying the surrender of Baba Laddé was signed by the ministers of the interior and of defense of Chad and the Central African Republic.

After negotiations, the Nigerian Toubou Goukouni Zen and the Central African of Séléka Abakar Sabon brought Baba Laddé back to Chad at the end of January 2014.

On March 3, 2021, the Supreme Court rejected his candidacy for the 2021 presidential election, ruling that his party had not been duly recognized by the Ministry of Territorial Administration.