25/03/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 25 March, the Council of the EU decided to sanction Mohamed Ibrahim al-Shafi’i Al-Salem, also known as Aba Al-Sahraoui, leader of the group ‘Islamic State Sahel Province’, which operates mainly in the border area of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, and the subsidiary of Al-Qaeda and its associated group Jama’a Nusrat Ul-Islam Wa Al-Muslimin (JNIM), active in the Sahel, particularly in central Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, known as Katiba Macina. They have been added to the EU’s autonomous list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda, subject to EU restrictive measures. In total, this list includes 15 individuals and 6 groups subject to an asset freeze and, in the case of individuals, a travel ban. See the legal document: https://aeur.eu/f/bi7 (CG)