{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-398/annex/division-I/division-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-398/annex/division-I/division-15.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/398",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/398 of 7 March 2017 implementing Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-398",
  "path": "annex/division/I/division/15",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Ahmed Diriye (aka (a) Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abu Ubaidah, (b) Sheikh Omar Abu Ubaidaha, (c) Sheikh Ahmed Umar, (d) Sheikh Mahad Omar Abdikarim, (e) Abu Ubaidah, (f) Abu Diriye)",
  "text": "Date of birth: circa 1972. Place of birth: Somalia. Location: Somalia.\nDate of UN designation: 24 September 2014.\nOther information: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5818614\nAhmed Diriye was appointed as the new emir of Al-Shabaab following the death of the previous leader Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed, an individual listed by the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009). This was publicly announced in a statement by Al-Shabaab's spokesperson, Sheikh Ali Dheere, released on 6 September 2014. Diriye has been a senior member of Al-Shabaab and as the emir he exercises command responsibility for Al-Shabaab's operations. He will be directly responsible for Al-Shabaab's activities which continue to threaten the peace, security and stability of Somalia. Diriye has since adopted the Arabic name Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abu Ubaidah.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/398/annex/division/I/division/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:35.024448+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}