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JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity
TypeOrganization[sources]
NameBOKO HARAM · Boko Haram · JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD · JAMAATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDAAWATI WAL-JIHAD · JAMA`ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA`AWATI WAL-JIHAD · 9 more...[sources]
Other nameBOKO HARAM · Boko Haram · Boko Haram, · JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD · JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD; · 19 more...[sources]
Weak aliasBoko Haram · Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad · Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad · Western Education is a Sin) · جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد · 4 more...[sources]
Legal formnot available[sources]
CountryNigeria[sources]
Registration numberUEMBMPHJNER9 · W5XMDD5CMT71[sources]
Unique Entity IDUEMBMPHJNER9 · W5XMDD5CMT71[sources]
Statusnot available[sources]
AddressNigeria · ナイジェリア[sources]
Source linkwww.publicsafety.gc.ca · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · nigsac.gov.ng · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Jama'atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram), que en árabe significa “Personas comprometidas con las enseñanzas del Profeta para la propagación de la Yihad”, fue fundada en 2002, en Maiduguri (Nigeria), por el nigeriano Mohammed Yusuf (muerto) con el objetivo de apoyar la educación islámica y establecer un Estado islámico en Nigeria. En 2009, el grupo perpetró una serie de atentados contra las comisarías de policía y otros edificios públicos en Maiduguri, que llevaron al Gobierno de Nigeria a lanzar ataques contra el cuartel general del grupo, en los que Yusuf resultó muerto. Desde entonces, Boko Haram ha estado dirigida por Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (QDi.322) y ha emprendido una insurgencia violenta utilizando tácticas terroristas. El grupo tiene su base en la zona nororiental de Nigeria, pero también ha operado en el Camerún y es responsable de ataques y secuestros en esos dos países. Además, Boko Haram ha llevado a cabo actividades en el Chad y el Níger. Boko Haram ha mantenido relaciones con la Organización Al-Qaida en el Magreb Islámico (AQIM) (QDe.014) con fines de adiestramiento y apoyo material. Por ejemplo, Boko Haram obtuvo de Al-Qaida en el Magreb Islámico valiosos conocimientos sobre la construcción de artefactos explosivos improvisados. Varios miembros de Boko Haram combatieron junto a grupos afiliados a Al-Qaida en Malí en 2012 y 2013, antes de regresar a Nigeria con conocimientos especializados sobre terrorismo. Boko Haram es responsable de una serie de ataques terroristas de envergadura, incluida una ola de atentados con bombas en Kano (Nigeria), en enero de 2012, que dejó un saldo de más de 180 muertos en un solo día. Otro atentado grave fue el perpetrado con explosivos el 26 de agosto de 2011 contra la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Abuja, en el que murieron al menos 21 personas y decenas más resultaron heridas. El Grupo también fue responsable del ataque lanzado el 25 de diciembre de 2011 contra la Iglesia de Santa Teresa en Madalla (Nigeria), que dejó un saldo de por lo menos 37 muertos y cerca de 50 heridos. Desde el verano de 2012, Boko Haram ha emprendido una campaña de violencia contra las escuelas y los estudiantes de Nigeria. En junio de 2013, el grupo atacó escuelas en Maiduguri y Damaturu, en Nigeria, y dio muerte a por lo menos 22 niños; en julio, un ataque contra una escuela en la aldea nigeriana de Mamudo dejó un saldo de por lo menos 42 muertos, en su mayoría estudiantes. El 29 de septiembre de 2013, Boko Haram atacó una escuela agrícola en Yobe (Nigeria) y asesinó a balazos a 50 estudiantes que dormían en su dormitorio. El 14 de abril de 2014, Boko Haram secuestró a alrededor de 300 niñas de una escuela en el norte de Nigeria. Abubakar Mohammed Shekau reivindicó la autoría de los hechos, en un vídeo publicado por Boko Haram, y amenazó con vender a las niñas como esclavas. Posteriormente, el 5 de mayo de 2014, miembros de Boko Haram atacaron una base de operaciones de personal de rescate, y dieron muerte a otras 310 personas. En una declaración dada a conocer en noviembre de 2012, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau expresó la solidaridad de Boko Haram con los afiliados de Al-Qaida en el Afganistán, el Iraq, África Septentrional, Somalia y el Yemen, y alentó a los combatientes de toda África y de otras zonas a que siguieran lanzando ataques terroristas. Las declaraciones de Shekau para los medios de difusión se han publicado en foros extremistas violentos conocidos.

Argentina RePET Sanctions,

Affiliate of Al-Qaida (Qde.004), and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (Qde.014). Associated with Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023.

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List,

Other information: (a) Affiliate of Al-Qaida and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), (b) Associated with and Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru), (c) The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 22.5.2014.

Belgian Financial Sanctions,

Boko Haram is a Salafist jihadist group operating in northern Nigeria whose ultimate objective is to overthrow the Nigerian government and implement Sharia Law. The group desires a political system in Nigeria modeled after how the Taliban now rules Afghanistan. Its tactics include small arms attacks, the use of improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, and kidnappings. Boko Haram conducted a suicide bomb attack against the United Nations compound in Abuja, Nigeria in August 2011, killing 23 people. In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped a Canadian nun and two Italian priests in Cameroon. A few days later, in Nigeria, the group kidnapped 276 schoolgirls. In 2015, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and Boko Haram renamed itself the "Islamic States West Africa Province". However, the Islamic State appointed Abu Musab al-Barnawi as leader of Islamic States West Africa Province, resulting in the formation of two rival factions; one loyal to Shekau operating under the Boko Haram banner, and the other (Islamic States West Africa Province) led by Barnawi. During the first nine months of 2016, Boko Haram was responsible for nearly 400 deaths in Nigeria, and approximately 850 deaths in 2017. In many of its attacks Boko Haram used children, particularly young girls, as suicide bombers. Boko Haram also repeatedly targets farmers, loggers, and herders, accusing them of passing information about the group to soldiers and the militia fighting them. In November 2020, armed assailants on motorcycles took 50 farmers from a village in northeastern Nigeria, into a building where they slit their throats. Later, additional bodies were found nearby, bringing the total number of deceased to 76. In addition, the militants abducted about a dozen women from the village. The Shekau faction of Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident. In the most recent attack on August 12, 2023, Boko Haram militants rounded up 10 farmers and shot them dead while they were working in their field in the village of Maiwa, Borno.

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities,

Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec 2019. available.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

On Apr 14 2014, Boko Haram abducted approximately 300 girls from a school in northern Nigeria. Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the attack in a video released by Boko Haram and threatened to sell the girls into slavery. Boko Haram militants subsequently attacked a staging base for rescuers on May 5 2014, killing an additional 310 people. In a statement released in Nov 2012, Abubakar Shekau expressed Boko Haram’s solidarity with Al-Qaida affiliates in Afghanistan, Iraq, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen. He also encouraged fighters across Africa and other areas to continue engaging in terrorist attacks. Shekau’s media statements have been published on known jihadist forums.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Associated with Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Since summer 2012 Boko Haram has undertaken a campaign of violence against Nigerian schools and students. In Jun 2013, the group attacked schools in Maiduguri and Damaturu, Nigeria, killing at least 22 children; in July an attack on a school in the village of Mamudo, Nigeria killed at least 42 people, most of them students. On Sep 29 2013 Boko Haram attacked an agricultural school in Yobe, Nigeria, shooting dead 50 students in their dormitory as they slept.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Associated with Al-Qaida for participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QE.T.14.01).

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Boko Haram is responsible for a series of major terrorist attacks, including a wave of bombings in Kano, Nigeria in Jan 2012 that killed more than 180 people in a single day. Another major attack was the Aug 26 2011 bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja that killed at least 21 people and wounded scores more. The group was also responsible for the Dec 25 2011 attack on the Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, that killed at least 37 and wounded approximately 50.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Boko Haram has maintained a relationship with the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QE.T.14.01) for training and material support purposes. For example, Boko Haram gained valuable knowledge on the construction of improvised explosive devices from AQIM. A number of Boko Haram members fought alongside Al-Qaida affiliated groups in Mali in 2012 and 2013 before returning to Nigeria with terrorist expertise.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) which in Arabic means “People Committed to the Prophet's Teachings for Propagation and Jihad” was founded in 2002 in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by the Nigerian Mohammed Yusuf (deceased) with the goal of supporting Islamic education and establishing an Islamic state in Nigeria. In 2009 the group carried out a series of attacks on police stations and other government buildings in Maiduguri, which resulted in Nigerian government raids on the group's headquarters and Yusuf's death in those raids. Since then, Boko Haram has been led by Abubakar Shekau and has embarked on a violent insurgency utilizing terrorist tactics. The group is based in north-eastern Nigeria but has also operated in Cameroon and is responsible for attacks and kidnappings in those two countries. Boko Haram has also been active in Chad and Niger.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Other information: (a) Affiliate of Al-Qaida and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), (b) Associated with and Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru), (c) The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 22.5.2014.

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF),

affiliée à Al-Qaida et à l'Organisation d'Al-Qaida pour le Magreb Islamique (AQMI) -- associée avec Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru) -- son dirigeant est Abubakar Shekau

French National Asset Freezing System,

Affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004), and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Associated with Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004), and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Associated with Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019.

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets,

Dipimpin oleh Abubakar Shekau

Indonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations,

アル・カーイダ(166.に指定した団体)及びイスラム・マグレブ諸国のアル・カーイダ組織(AQIM)(173.に指定した団体)と関係がある。ジャマトゥ・アンサルー・ムスリミナ・フィ・ビラディス・スーダン(アンサル)と連携している。指導者はアブバカール・シェカウ。国連安全保障理事会決議第2368号(2017年)に基づく見直しは2019年12月4日に終了した。国連安全保障理事会決議第2610号(2021年)に基づく見直しは2023年10月30日に終了した。同団体に対するインターポール(国際刑事警察機構)・国連安全保障理事会特別手配書のウェブ・リンク:

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People,

Adresse : NIGÉRIA

Monaco National Fund Freezing List,

Boko Haram (QDe.138) and its leader Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (QDi.322) have been designated by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist group and terrorist respectively. The group was founded by Muhammad Yusuf (Late). Following in the death of Muhammad Yusuf, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (Late) took over the leadership of the group. During the leadership of Abubakar Mohammed Shekau, Nigeria experienced the worst terrorist attacks by Boko Haram including the kidnap of the Chibok girls, bombing in in Abuja, Kano and other states of Nigeria, mass killing of farmers and other deadly attacks. Since 2011 the group popularly known as Boko Haram has committed several terrorist attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. In addition to the attacks, other attempts have been made to commit series of attacks, participated in committing with other terrorist groups like ISIL, instigated the commission, or facilitated the commission of acts of terrorism or terrorism financing. Boko Haram is responsible for a series of major terrorist attacks, including a wave of bombings in Kano, Nigeria in January 2012 that killed more than 180 people in a single day. Another major attack was the August 26, 2011 bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja that killed at least 21 people and wounded scores more. The group was also responsible for the December 25, 2011 attack on the Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, that killed at least 37 and wounded approximately 50. Since summer 2012 Boko Haram has undertaken a campaign of violence against Nigerian schools and students. In June 2013, the group attacked schools in Maiduguri and Damaturu, Nigeria, killing at least 22 children; in July, an attack on a school in the village of Mamudo, Nigeria killed at least 42 people, most of them students. On September 29, 2013, Boko Haram attacked an agricultural school in Yobe, Nigeria, shooting dead 50 students in their dormitory as they slept. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram abducted approximately 300 girls from a school in northern Nigeria. Abubakar Mohammed Shekau claimed responsibility for the attack in a video released by Boko Haram and threatened to sell the girls into slavery. Boko Haram militants subsequently attacked a staging base for rescuers on May 5, 2014, killing an additional 310 people. 17 elderly people including 5 women were slaughtered in January 2017 in Gnam-Gnam, a village about a dozen kilometers from the tourist town of Waza in the department of Logone-et-Chari, in the Far North region by Boko Haram. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) after the Boko Haram’s leader died. Boko Haram was listed by the United Nations on 22 May 2014 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of resolution 2083 (2012) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Al-Qaida (QDe.004) and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014) Boko Haram has maintained a relationship with the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014) for training and material support purposes. For example, Boko Haram gained valuable knowledge on the construction of improvised explosive devices from AQIM. A number of Boko Haram members fought alongside Al-Qaida affiliated groups in Mali in 2012 and 2013 before returning to Nigeria with terrorist expertise. In a statement released in November 2012, Abubakar Mohammed Shekau expressed Boko Haram’s solidarity with Al-Qaida affiliates in Afghanistan, Iraq, North Africa, Somalia and Yemen. He also encouraged fighters across Africa and other areas to continue engaging in terrorist attacks. Shekau’s media statements have been published on known violent extremist forums.

Nigeria Sanctions List,

Affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004), and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Associated with Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023.

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions,

Affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004), and the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Associated with Jamaatu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions,

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Data sources

Israel Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations lists864

Terrorist organizations and individuals as designated by the Israeli government

Israel · NBCTF

US SAM Procurement Exclusions112,246

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,703

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,251

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Polish Sanctions Countering Money Laundering and Terror Financing485

Sanctions by Polish Ministry of Finance countering money laundering and terror financing, as well as UN Security Council resolutions 2253 and 1988

Poland · GIIF

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,541

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Nigeria Sanctions List43

Nigeria enforces the UN Security Council list but also has an independent list of designations.

Nigeria · NigSac

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities79

The Canadian governments own list of people and organizations associated with terrorism

Canada · Public Safety Canada

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,219

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

Indonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations536

A list of suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations as determined by the Central Jakarta District Court.

Indonesia · PPATK

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD697

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,230

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,376

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,254

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions875

The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions.

South Africa · FIC

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,595

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,235

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

UNSC

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist868

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · SFMS

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List707

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

French National Asset Freezing System5,271

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Argentina RePET Sanctions726

Public Registry of Persons and Entities linked to acts of Terrorism and their Financing

Argentina · MdJ

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,602

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,295

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI


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