The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) announced joint designations of three ISIS facilitators in Africa, describing them as key financiers and operatives supporting ISIS activity across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and South Africa. The action marks the TFTC’s eighth round of joint designations. The designees are Zayd Gangat, a South Africa-based ISIS facilitator and trainer; Hamidah Nabagala, described as an intermediary for ISIS financial flows in central Africa and accused of funding the October 2021 Kampala bombing; and Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, identified as head of the ISIS affiliate in Somalia since 2019 and a key figure in moving fighters, supplies and ammunition. The release notes that Gangat and Nabagala were designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control on July 23, 2024 under Executive Order 13224, as amended, and that Yusuf was designated by OFAC on July 27, 2023 under the same authority; it also cites ISIS-Somalia revenue of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, totaling USD 2.5 million in 2021 and USD 2 million in the first half of 2022.
U.S. Department of the Treasury 2025-07-14
U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Terrorist Financing Targeting Center announces joint designations of three ISIS facilitators in Africa
The U.S. Treasury’s Terrorist Financing Targeting Center announced joint designations of three ISIS facilitators in Africa, marking its eighth round of such actions. The designees, Zayd Gangat, Hamidah Nabagala, and Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, are key financiers and operatives supporting ISIS activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and South Africa. They were designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 13224.