Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Yasin Ali Baynah

Aliases

Yasin Baynah Ali; Yassin Mohamed Ali; Yasin - Baynah; Yassin Baynah; Yasiin Cali Baynax; Yasin Beenah; Yassin Beenah; Yasin Beenax; Yassin Beenax; Yasin Benah; Yassin Benah; Yassin Benax; Yasin Beynah; Yassin Binah; Yasiin Baynax Cali

DoB

1965-12-24

Linked to

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0395&from=EN

Official reason

Yasin Ali Baynah has incited attacks against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). He has also mobilised support and raised funds on behalf of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia and Hisbul Islam, both of which have actively engaged in acts that threaten the peace and security of Soma...

Other Information

(Date of UN designation: 2010-04-12)\n(Location: Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden; Mogadishu, Somalia.)

Date of listing

2017-03-08

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures against Somalia

Regime

UN

Target State

Somalia

Measures

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission

Sanctions Portfolio

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in Annex I of Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP.

Official Information

Measures imposed at UN level since UN Security Council Resolution 733 (1992) of 23 January 1992 and subsequent Resolutions are transposed into EU sanctions law. The measures include an arms embargo, which is partial and allows under certain conditions arms supplies for the development of Somalia's security and police institutions. In addition the m...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02010D0231-20230612