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ADF (Allied Democratic Forces)
Organization on the UK Sanctions List, listed June 30, 2014. Source reference DRC0015.
Programs
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Names and aliases
| ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) | primary |
| ADF/NALU | alias (strong) |
| Allied Democratic Forces | alias (strong) |
| Forces Democratiques Alliees-Armee Nationale de Liberation de l'Ouganda | alias (strong) |
| NALU | alias (strong) |
| Forces Démocratiques Alliées-Armée Nationale de Libération de l’Ouganda | alias (strong) |
Details
| Countries | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Addresses | North Kivu Province Congo (Democratic Republic) |
Remarks (as published)
ADF founder and leader, Jamil Mukulu (CDi.015), was arrested in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in April 2015. He was subsequently extradited to Kampala, Uganda in July 2015. As of June 2016, Mukulu is reportedly being held in a police detention cell awaiting his trial. Seka Baluku (CDi.036) succeeded Jamil Mukulu (CDi.015) as the overall leader of the ADF. As highlighted in several reports from the Group of Experts on the DRC (S/2015/19, S/2015/797, S/2016/1102, S/2017/672, S/2018/531, S/2019/469, S/2019/974, S/2020/482), the ADF, including under Seka Baluku’s leadership, continued to commit the repeated targeting, killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abduction of civilians, including children, as well as attacks on villages and health facilities, in particular in Mamove, Beni territory, on 12 and 24 February 2019, and Mantumbi, Beni territory, on 5 December 2019 and 30 January 2020, as well as the continuous recruitment and use of children during attacks and for forced labour in Beni territory in the DRC since at least 2015. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities.
Same name on other lists
ADF (un_sc), ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ofac_sdn), ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) (eu_fsf)
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