Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Ahmed Diriye
Aliases
Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abu Ubaidah; Sheikh Omar Abu Ubaidaha; Sheikh Ahmed Umar; Sheikh Mahad Omar Abdikarim; Abu Ubaidah; Abu Diriye
DoB
N/A
Address
Somalia
Linked to
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0395&from=EN
Official reason
Ahmed Diriye was appointed as the new emir of Al-Shabaab following the death of the previous leader Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed, an individual listed by the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009). This was publicly announced in a statement by Al-Shabaab's spokesperson, Sheikh Ali Dheere, released on 6 September 2014...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2014-09-24)\n(Other information: New emir of Al-Shabaab. Date of UN designation: 24.9.2014.)
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