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Security Council
SC/11574
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
SECURITY COUNCIL 751 AND 1907 COMMITTEE ON SOMALIA AND ERITREA
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ADDS MAALIM SALMAN TO 1844 SANCTIONS LIST
On 23 September 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to
resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea
approved the addition of the individual specified below to the list of
individuals and entities subject to the travel ban, assets freeze and
targeted arms embargo imposed by paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of resolution 1844
(2008) and paragraph 43 of resolution 2093 (2013) adopted under Chapter VII
of the Charter of the United Nations:
(14) Maalim Salman
AKA: Mu’alim Salman
AKA: Mualem Suleiman
AKA: Ameer Salman
AKA: Ma’alim Suleiman
AKA: Maalim Salman Ali
AKA: Maalim Selman Ali
AKA: Ma’alim Selman
AKA: Ma’alin Sulayman
DOB: circa 1979
POB: Nairobi, Kenya
Location: Somalia
Maalim Salman was chosen by al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed aka
Godane to be the head of African foreign fighters for al-Shabaab. He has
trained foreign nationals who were seeking to join al-Shabaab as African
foreign fighters, and has been involved in operations in Africa targeting
tourists, entertainment establishments, and churches.
Although focused mainly on operations outside of Somalia, Salman is known
to reside in Somalia and train foreign fighters in Somalia before
dispatching them elsewhere. Some of al-Shabaab’s foreign fighters also
have a presence in Somalia. For example, Salman ordered al-Shabaab foreign
fighters to southern Somalia in response to an African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) offensive.
Among other terrorist attacks, al-Shabaab was responsible for the attack on
the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya in September 2013, which
resulted in the deaths of at least 67 people. More recently, al-Shabaab
claimed the August 31, 2014 attack on the National Intelligence and
Security Agency prison in Mogadishu, killing three security guards and two
civilians, and injuring 15 others.
To obtain a fully updated version of the List of individuals and entities
subject to the sanctions measures, Member States are encouraged to consult,
on a regular basis, the Committee’s website at the following URL:
http://www.un.org/sc/committees/751/pdf/1844_cons_list.pdf.
Received on Wed Sep 24 2014 - 10:41:55 EDT