Souleymane Yacouba Sidibé (24 May 1949 – 29 January 2022), also known as Bébél, was a Malian diplomat and officer who served in several ministerial and ambassador positions between 1991 and 2004.

He graduated from the Joint Military School in Koulikoro with future Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré.

Under the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People, squadron leader Sidibé served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between April 5 and August 26, 1991.

Between 1995 and 2000, he served as ambassador to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Djibouti, and five other countries including Iraq and Iran.

[2][3][4] In 2001, Sidibé was appointed reporter of the UN-OAU commission for inter-Congolese dialogue during the height of the Second Congo War, leading to the signing of the Sun City Agreement.