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Official Journal of the European Union
16.10.2012
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 943/2012
of 15 October 2012
implementing Article 12(1) and Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 imposing certain
specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies,
in view of the situation in Somalia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(3) Annex
I
to
Regulation
(EU)
No
356/2010
should
therefore be amended accordingly,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 ( 1 ), and
Article 1
in particular Article 12(1) and Article 13 thereof,
Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 is hereby
amended as follows:
Whereas:
(1) point 11 is replaced by the text appearing in Annex I to this
(1) On
26
April
2010,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation
(EU)
Regulation;
No 356/2010.
(2) the persons listed in Annex II to this Regulation are added.
(2)
On 11 July 2012, 25 July 2012 and 23 August 2012,
the Sanctions Committee, established pursuant to United
Article 2
Nations Security Council Resolution 751 (1992)
concerning Somalia, updated the list of persons and
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
entities subject to restrictive measures.
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 15 October 2012.
For the Council
The President
C. ASHTON
( 1 ) OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 1.

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ANNEX I
Text referred to at point (1) of Article 1
‘11. Jim’ale, Ali Ahmed Nur (aka (a) Jim’ale, Ahmed Ali, (b) Jim’ale, Ahmad Nur Ali, (c) Jim’ale, Sheikh Ahmed, (d) Jim’ale,
Ahmad Ali, (e) Jim’ale, Shaykh Ahmed Nur)
Date of birth: 1954. Place of birth: Eilbur, Somalia. Nationality: Somalia. Alt. nationality: Djibouti. Passport:
A0181988 (Somalia), exp. 23 January 2011. Location: Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. Date of UN designation:
17 February 2012.
Ali Ahmed Nur Jim’ale (Jim’ale) has served in leadership roles with the former Somali Council of Islamic Courts, also
known as the Somali Islamic Courts Union, which was a radical-Islamist element. The most radical elements of the
Somali Islamic Courts Union eventually formed the group known as Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab was listed for targeted
sanctions in April 2010 by the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolutions 751
(1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea (the ‘Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Committee’). The
Committee listed Al-Shabaab for being an entity engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace,
security, or stability of Somalia, including but not limited to acts that pose a threat to Somali Transitional Federal
Government.
According to the 18 July 2011 report of the Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Committee’s Monitoring Group
(S/2011/433), Jim’ale is identified as a prominent businessman and figure in the Al-Shabaab charcoal-sugar
trading cycle and benefitting from privileged relationships with Al-Shabaab.
Jim’ale is identified as one of Al-Shabaab’s chief financiers and is ideologically aligned with Al-Shabaab. Jim’ale has
provided key funding and political support for Hassan Dahir Aweys (‘Aweys’), who was also listed by the Somalia/
Eritrea Sanctions Committee. Former Al-Shabaab Deputy Emir Muktar Robow reportedly continued to engage in
political posturing within the Al-Shabaab organisation during the mid-2011. Robow engaged Aweys and Jim’ale in
an effort to advance their shared objectives and consolidate their overall stance within the context of the Al-Shabaab
leadership rift.
As of fall 2007, Jim’ale established a front company in Djibouti for extremist activities called the Investors Group.
The short-term goal of the group was, through the funding of extremist activities and weapons purchases, to
destabilise Somaliland. The group assisted in smuggling small arms from Eritrea through Djibouti into the fifth
region of Ethiopia where extremists received the shipment. As of mid-2008, Jim’ale continued to operate the
Investors Group.
As of late September 2010, Jim’ale established ZAAD, a mobile-to-mobile money-transfer business and struck a deal
with Al-Shabaab to make money transfers more anonymous by eliminating the need to show identification.
As of late 2009, Jim’ale had a known hawala fund where he collected zakat, which was provided to Al-Shabaab.
As of December 2011, unidentified donors from the Middle East were transferring money to Jim’ale, who in turn
used financial intermediaries to send the money to al-Shabaab.
In 2009, Jim’ale worked with other like-minded individuals to undermine the Somali TFG by not participating in
Somali reconciliation efforts. As of late 2011, Jim’ale actively supported al-Shabaab by offering free communications,
use of vehicles, food aid and political advisement and set up fundraisers for al-Shabaab through various business
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Official Journal of the European Union
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ANNEX II
Persons referred to at point (2) of Article 1
1. Aboud Rogo Mohammed (aka (a) Aboud Mohammad Rogo, (b) Aboud Seif Rogo, (c) Aboud Mohammed Rogo, (d)
Sheikh Aboud Rogo, (e) Aboud Rogo Muhammad, (f) Aboud Rogo Mohamed)
Date of birth: 11 November 1960. Alt. dates of birth: (a) 11 November 1967, (b) 11 November 1969, (c) 1 January
1969. Place of birth: Lamu Island, Kenya. Date of UN designation: 25 July 2012.
Kenya-based extremist Aboud Rogo Mohammed has threatened the peace, security, or stability of Somalia, by
providing financial, material, logistical, or technical support to al-Shabaab, an entity listed by the UNSC Committee
established pursuant to Resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia and Resolution 1907 (2009) concerning Eritrea for
engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia.
Aboud Rogo Mohammed is an extremist Islamic cleric based in Kenya. He continues to exert influence over extremist
groups in East Africa as part of his campaign to promote violence throughout East Africa. Aboud Rogo’s activities
include fundraising for al-Shabaab.
As the main ideological leader of Al Hijra, formerly known as the Muslim Youth Center, Aboud Rogo Mohammed has
used the extremist group as a pathway for radicalisation and recruitment of principally Swahili-speaking Africans for
carrying out violent militant activity in Somalia. In a series of inspirational lectures between February 2009 and
February 2012, Aboud repeatedly called for the violent rejection of the Somali peace process. During these lectures,
Rogo repeatedly called for the use of violence against both the United Nations and the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) forces in Somalia, and urged his audiences to travel to Somalia to join al-Shabaab’s fight against
the Kenyan Government.
Aboud Rogo Mohammed also offers guidance on how Kenyan recruits joining al-Shabaab can evade detection by the
Kenyan authorities, and which routes to follow when travelling from Mombasa and/or Lamu to Al-Shabaab
strongholds in Somalia, notably Kismayo. He has facilitated the travel to Somalia of numerous Kenyan recruits for
al-Shabaab.
In September 2011, Rogo was recruiting individuals in Mombasa, Kenya, for travel into Somalia, presumably to
conduct terrorist operations. In September 2008, Rogo held a fundraising meeting in Mombasa to help finance al-
Shabaab activities in Somalia.
2. Abubaker Shariff Ahmed (aka (a) Makaburi, (b) Sheikh Abubakar Ahmed, (c) Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, (d) Abu
Makaburi Shariff, (e) Abubaker Shariff, (f) Abubakar Ahmed)
Date of birth: 1962. Alt. date of birth: 1967. Place of birth: Kenya. Location: Majengo area, Mombasa, Kenya. Date of
UN designation: 23 August 2012.
Abubaker Shariff Ahmed is a leading facilitator and recruiter of young Kenyan Muslims for violent militant activity in
Somalia, and a close associate of Aboud Rogo. He provides material support to extremist groups in Kenya (and
elsewhere in East Africa). Through his frequent trips to Al-Shabaab strongholds in Somalia, including Kismayo, he has
been able to maintain strong ties with senior Al-Shabaab members.
Abubaker Shariff Ahmed is also engaged in the mobilisation and management of funding for Al-Shabaab, an entity
listed by the UNSC Committee established pursuant to Resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia and Resolution
1907 (2009) concerning Eritrea for engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability
of Somalia.
Abubaker Shariff Ahmed has preached at mosques in Mombasa that young men should travel to Somalia, commit
extremist acts, fight for Al-Qaida, and kill US citizens.
Abubaker Shariff Ahmed was arrested in late December 2010 by Kenyan authorities on suspicion of involvement in
the bombing of a Nairobi bus terminal. Abubaker Shariff Ahmed is also a leader of a Kenya-based youth organisation
in Mombasa with ties to Al-Shabaab.
As of 2010, Abubaker Shariff Ahmed acted as a recruiter and facilitator for Al-Shabaab in the Majengo area of
Mombasa, Kenya.

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