UN sanctions on Mali ended on 31 August 2023.
UN sanctions on Mali were first imposed in September 2017, by UN Security Council Resolution 2374.
On 30 August 2023, the UN Security Council voted on the extension of its Mali sanctions regime. 13 members of the UN Security Council voted in favour of the extension, China abstained, and Russia exercised its veto power to block the extension (meeting coverage). Therefore, the travel ban and asset freeze affecting 8 Malian individuals has ended, and the mandate …
OFAC today amended and replaced the Mali Sanctions Regulations to provide a more comprehensive set of regulations, including additional interpretive and definitional guidance, general licenses, and other regulatory provisions (notice).
Last week, the UK amended the: Russia listings: the statement of reasons for listing for Andrey Vladimirovich Sharonov and Eugene Tenenbaum (notice); CAR listings: the name of Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov and DOB of Vitalii Viktorovitch Perfilev (notice); and Mali listing: the DOB of Ivan Aleksandrovitch Maslov (notice).
Yesterday OFAC designated 3 Malian transition government and military officials for allegedly facilitating the expansion of Wagner Group activities in Mali (press release, press release, notice): Colonel Sadio Camara, Mali’s Minister of Defence; Colonel Alou Boi Diarra, Mali’s Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and Lieutenant Colonel Adama Bagayoko, Mali’s Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
Today the UK designated 13 individuals and entities linked to the Wagner Group across three sanctions regimes in Africa: Mali, CAR, and Sudan (press release, notice, notice, notice): Mali: Ivan Aleksandrovitch Maslov, head of the Wagner Group in Mali. CAR: Vitalii Viktorovitch Perfilev and Konstantin Aleksandrovitch Pikalov leader and operational head (respectively) of the Wagner Group in CAR; Alexander Alexandrovich …
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