ADF

Recorded on 2 lists · entity

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2026-07-23

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List	Last published	Official
AU · 2943	2026-07-23	Unknown source ↗
UN · 6908402	2026-08-04	UN Security Council ↗

AU · entry 2943

list version published 2026-07-23

Recorded name	Kind
ADF	Primary name
ADF/NALU	Alias
Allied Democratic Forces	Alias
Forces Démocratiques Alliées-Armée Nationale de Libération de l’Ouganda	Alias
NALU	Alias

Programmes

Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions—Democratic Republic of the Congo) Regulations 2008

Addresses recorded

North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source: Australian Sanctions Office / DFAT · as of 2026-07-23

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{
  "addresses": [
    "North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo"
  ],
  "countries": [],
  "details": [
    "Additional Information: CDe.001 Other information: 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.",
    "Listing Information: Listed by 1533 Committee on: 30 June 2014 (amended on 19 October 2016, 19 August 2020)",
    "Committees: 1533 (Democratic People’s Republic of the Congo)",
    "Control Date: 46002",
    "Targeted Financial Sanction: 1",
    "Travel Ban: 0",
    "Arms Embargo: 0",
    "Maritime Restriction: 0"
  ],
  "primary_name_published": true,
  "programs": [
    "Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions—Democratic Republic of the Congo) Regulations 2008"
  ]
}

UN · entry 6908402

list version published 2026-08-04

Recorded name	Kind
ADF	Primary name
ADF/NALU	Alias
Allied Democratic Forces	Alias
Forces Démocratiques Alliées-Armée Nationale de Libération de l’Ouganda	Alias
NALU	Alias

Programmes

DRC

Addresses recorded

North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source: UN Security Council · as of 2026-08-04

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{
  "addresses": [
    "North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo"
  ],
  "primary_name_published": true,
  "programs": [
    "DRC"
  ]
}