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Ahmad Iman Ali

Aliases

Abu Zinira; Ahmed Iman Ali; Shaykh Ahmad Iman Ali; Sheikh Ahmed Iman Ali

Position

Kenyan Al-Shabaab commander

Linked to

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0413&from=EN

Official reason

Ahmad Iman Ali was listed on 8 March 2018 pursuant to resolution 1844 (2008). Ahmad Iman Ali is a prominent Kenyan Al-Shabaab commander who has served as the group's leader in Kenya since 2012. He is director of the group's Kenyan branch operations and routinely targets Kenyan AMISOM troops in Somalia, such as a January 2016 attack on Kenyan AMISOM...

Other Information

(UN ID: SOi.016)\n(Date of UN designation: 2018-03-08)\n(UNLI-08.03.2018)

Date of listing

2018-03-19

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