Today, Monday 7 September, the UK Government has varied the designations of an individual under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Regime. This reflects the updates to this listing made on 4 September by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).

Name:	UN ID:	Unique ID:
Abubakar SWALLEH	QDi.436	AQD0388

The Isil (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Notice:

Sanctions Notice: 7 September 2026

Regime: Isil (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda

Amendments:

The following individual has been varied and is still subject to the sanctions listed:

OFSI Sanctions Type: Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban

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Abubakar SWALLEH

• Other information: Abubakar Swalleh provides financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to, or in support of, ISIL (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). He acted, since 2018, as an ISIL facilitator who provides financial and logistic support including recruitment for ISIL in East and Southern Africa. Phone number: +963936016952. Gender: Male. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2025-47413
• UK statement of reasons: Abubakar Swalleh was listed on [Date] pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 5 of resolution 2734 (2024) as being associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115) and for “recruiting for Al-Qaida, ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof” and for “otherwise supporting acts or activities of Al-Qaida, ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof”.
• Dobs: 16/03/1993, 09/05/1993
• Passport number: A00195974 (expires on 16 Dec. 2029), Z15105123
• Passport additional information: (Uganda), Zambia Z15105123, issued on 5. Aug. 2020 (fraudulently acquired under the name Isaac Mupeta, born 9 May 1993 in Lusaka, Zambia, registration number 102523/29/1)
• Nationalities: Uganda
• National identifier number: CM920231090NZA
• National identifier additional information: (Uganda)
• Genders: Male
• Town of birth: Mengo
• Country of birth: Uganda
• AKA: Isaac Mupeta (Good quality a.k.a); Abubaker SWALEH (Good quality a.k.a); Tom KIYURIGE Abubaker SWALEH (Good quality a.k.a)
• Address: Luzira Prison Luzira Kampala Uganda
• Phone numbers: +963936016952
• Designation source: UN
• Date designated: 16/06/2025
• Last updated: 07/09/2026
• OFSI group ID: 16974
• UN reference number: QDi.436
• Party Type: Individual
• Unique ID: AQD0388 | OFSI Regime: Isil (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

List of Changes:

• Field Name: Dobs
  • Added: 09/05/1993 (second value)
• Field Name: Passport number
  • Added: Z15105123 (second value)
• Field Name: Passport additional information
  • Added: Zambia Z15105123, issued on 5. Aug. 2020 (fraudulently acquired under the name Isaac Mupeta, born 9 May 1993 in Lusaka, Zambia, registration number 102523/29/1) (second value, corresponding to the new second passport number, Z15105123)
• Field Name: Name (Primary Name)
  • Changed: ABUBAKAR to: Abubakar – only the forename element is marked in the source; SWALLEH is untouched, so the primary name goes from ABUBAKAR SWALLEH to Abubakar SWALLEH
• Field Name: Name (Alias – Isaac Mupeta)
  • Changed: Isaac Mupeta to: Isaac Mupeta – the source marks both a deletion and an addition here, but the old and new values are textually identical, so the alias itself is unchanged
• Field Name: Alias strength (Isaac Mupeta)
  • Changed: Low quality a.k.a to: Good quality a.k.a
• Field Name: Name (Alias – Abubaker SWALEH)
  • Changed: ABUBAKER SWALEH to: Abubaker SWALEH
• Field Name: Name (Alias – Tom KIYURIGE)
  • Changed: TOM KIYURIGE to: Tom KIYURIGE Abubaker SWALEH – the trailing “Abubaker SWALEH” is marked as added with no corresponding deletion on that line, so the markup alone does not establish what, if anything, it replaced
• Field Name: Last updated
  • Changed: 18/08/2026 to: 07/09/2026
• Field Name: UN reference number
  • Added: QDi.436 – marked as added with no corresponding deletion, so the markup alone does not establish whether the field was previously empty or held a different value