UN sanctions listing
ADF
ADF is an organisation designated on the United Nations Security Council (UN) sanctions list under the DRC programme, listed on 2014-06-30. This page summarises the public designation — known aliases, identifying particulars, the stated reason for listing and linked parties — alongside an independent, transparent risk indicator.
Reason for listing
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. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities
Statement of reasons as published by UN Security Council. This is the issuing authority's wording, reproduced for reference.
Designation record
| List / authority | UN Security Council (UN) — DRC |
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| Entity type | Organization |
| Programmes / regime | DRC |
| Date listed | 2014-06-30 |
| Source record ID | un:6908402 |
| Last updated (our copy) | 2026-06-04 |
Identity & particulars
| Address(es) | North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Source & provenance
| Issuing authority | United Nations Security Council |
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| Source identifier | un:6908402 |
| Aggregated by | Sanctiometer (independent) — verify against the issuing authority's official list before acting. |