Person sanctions dossier

Abubakar SWALLEH

Abubakar Swalleh is a Ugandan national, born in Mengo, Uganda, whom the United Nations records as an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) facilitator who has, since 2018, provided financial and logistic support — including recruitment — for ISIL in East and Southern Africa. The United Kingdom lists him under paragraphs 2 and 5 of UN Security Council Resolution 2734 (2024) as associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities in support of ISIL — listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115) — and for recruiting on its behalf. Five authorities designate him: OFAC listed him first, on 23 July 2024, and the United Nations, the United Kingdom and the European Union followed on 16 June 2025.

Abubakar SWALLEH is listed as person with 5 source listings across 5 authorities.

Programs: 1267 (ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida), Al-Qaida, EUAQ, Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SDGT.

Geography: South Africa, Uganda.