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ADFOrganization

Source-verifiedReflects Australian Sanctions Consolidated Listobserved not an issuing authority

ADF appears on the Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, designated by AU DFAT under program 1533 (Democratic People’s Republic of the Congo); reflected as observed on 2026-09-04.

Sanctions

Also known as

  • Allied Democratic Forces
  • Forces Démocratiques Alliées-Armée Nationale de Libération de l’Ouganda
  • ADF/NALU
  • NALU

Designations

Reason for listing

Per AU DFAT (listed ):

Listed by 1533 Committee on: 30 June 2014 (amended on 19 October 2016, 19 August 2020) (official source)

Key properties

Notes
CDe.001 Other information: 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.

Addresses

North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source list & list version

Source listList versionManifest SHA-256StatusVerify
Australian Sanctions Consolidated ListSanctions list
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade		au_dfat_sanctions@2026-09-043391750c53486121…List version (signing pending)—

About these sources

Australian Sanctions Consolidated ListSanctions list

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade administrative Consolidated List — UN and Australian autonomous sanctions entries, including individuals, entities and sanctioned vessels, with measure indicators and designation instruments. The underlying instruments and law control, and a consolidated list can lag an amendment.

What a match means: A match is an entry on Australia's official operational list. Escalate it as a genuine sanctions signal, then check the published measure flags and cited controlling instrument before deciding the legal restriction.

First observed ; last confirmed present in Australian Sanctions Consolidated List list version au_dfat_sanctions@2026-09-04, observed .

This page reflects the official Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, version au_dfat_sanctions@2026-09-04, as observed on 2026-09-04. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

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ADF. ProofAML. This page reflects the official Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, version au_dfat_sanctions@2026-09-04, as observed on 2026-09-04. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/organizations/adf-nkb9ee3962/

Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /data/entities/b9.json (record key nkb9ee3962)