CELEX: 32021D0560
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/560 of 6 April 2021 implementing Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia

6.4.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  LI 115/3
               
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2021/560
         of 6 April 2021
         implementing Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
         Having regard to Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP of 26 April 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Somalia and repealing Common Position 2009/138/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 26 April 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/231/CFSP.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     On 26 February 2021 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 751 (1992) approved the addition of three persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Annex I to Decision 2010/231/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            Annex I to Decision 2010/231/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
         
         
            Article 2
            This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 6 April 2021.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               A. P. ZACARIAS
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 17.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            The persons listed below shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2010/231/CFSP:
            I.   Persons
            
            
               
                           ‘18.
                        
                        
                           
                              Abukar Ali Adan (alias: a) Abukar Ali Aden; b) Ibrahim Afghan; c) Sheikh Abukar)
                           
                           
                              Designation: Deputy leader of Al-Shabaab
                           
                              Date of Birth: a) 1972; b) 1971; c) 1973
                           
                              Date of UN designation: 26 February 2021
                           
                              Other information:
                           Listed pursuant to paragraph 8(a) of resolution 1844 (2008) as “Engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia, including acts that threaten the Djibouti Agreement of 18 August 2008 or the political process, or threaten the TFIs or AMISOM by force.” Abukar Ali Adan is also associated with Al-Qaida affiliates, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP – QDe.129) and Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM – Qde.014).
                        
                     
                           19.
                        
                        
                           
                              Maalim Ayman (alias: a) Ma’alim Ayman; b) Mo’alim Ayman; c) Nuh Ibrahim Abdi; d) Ayman Kabo; e) Abdiaziz Dubow Ali)
                           
                           
                              Designation: Founder and leader of Jaysh Ayman, an al-Shabaab unit conducting attacks and operations in Kenya and Somalia
                           
                              Date of Birth: a) 1973; b) 1983
                           
                              Place of Birth: Kenya
                           
                              Address: a) Kenya/Somalia border; b) Badamadow, Lower Juba Region, Somalia
                           
                              Date of UN designation: 26 February 2021
                           
                              Other information:
                           
                           Listed pursuant to paragraph 8(a) of resolution 1844 (2008) as “Engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia, including acts that threaten the Djibouti Agreement of 18 August 2008 or the political process, or threaten the TFIs or AMISOM by force.” Maalim Ayman helped with preparations for the 5 January 2020 attack on Camp Simba in Lamu County, Kenya.
                        
                     
                           20.
                        
                        
                           
                              Mahad Karate (alias: a) Mahad Mohamed Ali Karate; b) Mahad Warsame Qalley Karate; c) Abdirahim Mohamed Warsame)
                           
                           
                              Date of Birth: Between 1957 and 1962
                           
                              Place of Birth: Xararadheere, Somalia
                           
                              Address: Somalia
                           
                              Date of UN designation: 26 February 2021
                           
                              Other information:
                           
                           Listed pursuant to paragraph 8(a) of resolution 1844 (2008) as “Engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia, including acts that threaten the Djibouti Agreement of 18 August 2008 or the political process, or threaten the TFIs or AMISOM by force.” Mahad Karate played a key role in the Amniyat, the wing of al-Shabaab responsible for the recent attack on Garissa University College in Kenya that resulted in nearly 150 deaths. The Amniyat is al-Shabaab’s intelligence wing, which plays a key role in the execution of suicide attacks and assassinations in Somalia, Kenya, and other countries in the region, and provides logistics and support for al-Shabaab’s terrorist activities.’