Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation

Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation
Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation
Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation
	3R fighters, 2021
Leaders	Sidiki Abass (until 2021); Sembé Bobbo (March 2021 –)
Dates of operation	2015–
Headquarters	Koui (2015–21); Abba (2020); Besson (2021–)
Active regions	Northwestern part of Central African Republic
Size	1,700+ (Ouham)
Part of	Coalition of Patriots for Change (since 2020)
Opponents	FACA; MINUSCA; Anti-balaka (former)
Website	Retour Réclamation Réhabilitation

Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (abbreviated 3R, French: Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation) is a rebel group in the northwestern part of Central African Republic. The group was formed in December 2015 to protect Fulani herders from Anti-balaka militia attacks.^[5] The group has launched attacks on numerous towns, killed unarmed civilians and UN peacekeepers, and carried out several kidnappings. Their former leader, Sidiki Abass, was sanctioned in 2020 by the United States government, and members of the group have been sentenced by the Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court.

^ "RCA : les cadres du mouvement armée 3R annonce bizarrement la mort du sulfureux chef rebelle Abbas Sidiki" (in French). 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ As a non-state armed group tightens its grip over resources in western CAR, violence looks likely to escalate., November 2021
^ Centrafrique : « Assassinat du Maire de De Gaulle »: le général Bobo de 3R accuse les mercenaires russes de Touadéra et exige la mise en place d’une enquête internationale Archived 2021-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, 17 June 2021
^ "RCA : le 3R lance à nouveau un ultimatum à la Minusca, "pas d'élections à Ngaoundaye"". Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ Amnesty International: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2017/2018 Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

[death-1] "RCA : les cadres du mouvement armée 3R annonce bizarrement la mort du sulfureux chef rebelle Abbas Sidiki" (in French). 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[2] As a non-state armed group tightens its grip over resources in western CAR, violence looks likely to escalate., November 2021

[3] Centrafrique : « Assassinat du Maire de De Gaulle »: le général Bobo de 3R accuse les mercenaires russes de Touadéra et exige la mise en place d’une enquête internationale Archived 2021-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, 17 June 2021

[4] "RCA : le 3R lance à nouveau un ultimatum à la Minusca, "pas d'élections à Ngaoundaye"". Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[amn1-5] Amnesty International: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2017/2018 Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

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