USA: Sanctions for Africa’s terrorist leader

The five men are said to hold leading positions in the terrorist groups IS-Mozambique, Al-Shabaab and JNIM, which is connected to the terror network Al-Qaeda, as the State Department in Washington announced on Friday (local time). The men were put on an appropriate terrorist list.

Among them is bonomade Machude Omar, who is supposed to head the departments for military and external affairs in IS-Mozambique. He is said to be responsible for several terrorist attacks. Sidanag Hitta is a senior leader and commander of JNIM in Mali, according to the ministry. Ali Mohamed Rage was spokesman for Al-Shabaab and was involved in planning attacks in Kenya and Somalia, the ministry said.