Dieudonné Ndomaté is a Central African politician and militant who served as the leader of the Anti-Balaka from 2019 to 2021. He formerly served as Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism in the Central African Republic from 2019 to 2021.
He was arrested in 2021 for treason and later acquitted.
Life He is a paternal uncle of Rodrigue Ngaibona alias Andjilo, another Anti-balaka general. From 2004 to 2012 he studied at University of Bangui.
Civil war In 2013, Ndomaté joined Anti-balaka. On 5 December 2013, he left Bouca to participate in attack on Bangui.ICC-01/14-01/18 In December 2014, he was a Deputy Chief of Operations of the Anti-balaka of Boy-Rabe neighborhood in Bangui.Centrafrique: Mgr Dieudonné Nzapalainga et les chrétiens catholiques au chevet des Anti-balaka de Boy-Rabe, 16 December 2014 In 2015, he was National Coordinator in charge of the operations of the former Antibalaka.Tension encore visible à Bria, 12 January 2015 After transfer of Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona to the International Criminal Court in January 2019, Dieudonné Ndomaté became de facto leader of the Ngaïssona branch of the Anti-balaka.Letter dated 27 January 2021 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2536 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council He was one of the signatories of 2019 peace agreement. On 3 March 2019, president Touadera nominated him as a Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism., 4 March 2019
On 28 March 2020, 16 anti-balaka members were arrested at his residence in police operation. In early April 2020, in a show of protest, he suspended his participation in the government for a few days.Letter dated 8 July 2020 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2507 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council In 2020 elections, he was an independent candidate from district Batangafo I. On 15 December 2020, he joined Coalition of Patriots for Change led by former president François Bozizé. On 16 December, he left Bangui towards Batangafo taking with him a few vehicles which he handed over to CPC rebels. On 11 May 2021, he was arrested in Bouca for incitement to insurrection.RCA : Dieudonné Ndomaté, ministre et ex-chef Anti-Balaka, serait arrêté, 11 May 2021RCA : précisions sur l’arrestation de l’ex-ministre Dieudonné Ndomaté, 18 May 2021 On 12 May, he was transferred to Bangui and placed under arrest.RCA : transfert à Bangui de monsieur Dieudonné Ndomaté, ministre du tourisme, arrêté dans la localité de Bouca, 12 May 2021 On 27 May 2022, after two weeks of trials he and 15 other people were acquitted of all charges due to insufficient evidence.Centrafrique : la Cour d’appel de Bangui acquitte l’ancien ministre Ndomaté et ses 15 coaccusés, 28 May 2022
In 2024 he moved to Cameroon where he was arrested by Cameroonian authorities and extradicted to the Central African Republic where he was again placed in a jail in July.Réincarcération de l’ancien ministre Dieudonné Ndomaté au camp de Roux : Un Acharnement Politique Dénué de Preuves, 4 July 2024
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