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JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD

UN reference
QDe.138
Sanctions regime
ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (1267 Committee)
Type
Entity
Address
Nigeria
Aliases
Boko 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
Listed on
22 May 2014
Updated by the UN
30 October 2023

Other information (UN original text)

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 INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities

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