Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Jafar DICKO
Aliases
Abdoul Salam DICKO
Nationality
Burkina Faso
DoB
1980
Address
Burkina Faso
Official reason
Jafar Dicko (Dicko) is a JNIM leader in Burkina Faso who was believed to have supervised the detention of a U.S. national. Dicko also served as a leader of Ansarul Islam, the JNIM-affiliated group responsible for kidnapping a U.S. national. On February 20, 2018, the Department of State designated Ansarul Islam pursuant to E.O. 13224. Sidan Ag Hi...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2293
Date of listing
2024-04-23
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14078 of July 19, 2022 Bolstering Efforts To Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Iran, Russia
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Official Information
The new EO builds on those efforts and the efforts of others who have worked diligently to bring the Levinson Act to fruition, and it expands and strengthens the government’s toolkit in key ways. For example, this EO reinforces U.S. government efforts to support the families of Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage overseas by directing pa...
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