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Division 3 LEVY YAKETE

United Kingdom

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LAST NAME

  • YAKETE

    • FIRST NAME

  • Levy

    • ALIAS

  • Levi Yakite; Levy Yakite

    • DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF BIRTH

  • 14 August 1964/Bangui, CAR

    • Alternate date of birth

  • 1965

    • PASSPORT/IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

  • Son of Pierre Yakété and Joséphine Yamazon.

    • DESIGNATION/JUSTIFICATION

  • Engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of CAR: On 17 December 2013, Yakete became the political coordinator of the newly formed People's Resistance Movement for Reforming of the Central African Republic anti-balaka rebel group. He has been directly involved in decisions of a rebel group that has been involved in acts that have undermined peace, stability and security in the CAR, in particular on and since 5 December 2013. In addition, this group has been explicitly singled out by UNSC Resolutions 2127, 2134 and 2149 for such acts. Yakete has been accused of ordering the arrest of people connected to the Séléka, calling for attacks on people who do not support President Bozizé, and recruiting young militiamen to attack those hostile to the regime with machetes. Having remained in the entourage of François Bozizé after March 2013, he joined the Front for the Return to Constitutional Order in CAR (Front pour le Retour à l'Ordre Constitutionnel en CentrAfrique — FROCCA), which aimed to return the deposed president to power by whatever means necessary. In late summer 2013, he travelled to Cameroon and Benin, where he attempted to recruit people to fight against the Séléka. In September 2013, he tried to regain control over operations led by pro-Bozizé fighters in towns and villages near to Bossangoa. Yakete is also suspected of promoting the distribution of machetes to young unemployed Christians to facilitate their attacks on Muslims.