Washington Delists a Congolese General. Doha Renews Six Terrorist Financing Listings
OFAC has removed General François Olenga, who ran the Military House of former President Joseph Kabila, and the Kinshasa leisure club tied to him from its Congo programme. Qatar has kept two individuals and four exchange, transfer and charity entities on its national terrorism list for three more years. And in London, OFSI will now presume to refuse licences involving five designated Iranian banks. On 23 September 2026, after our previous capture, OFAC deleted François Olenga and Safari Club, also known as Centre de Loisir Safari Club and "Safari Beach", from the Specially Designated Nationals List under its Democratic Republic of the Congo programme. Both were designated on 1 June 2017, when Treasury said the Maison Militaire he headed oversaw a Republican Guard that harassed opponents of President Kabila. OFAC's notice gives no reason for the removal. The same notice made a one-character correction to the address of a Cuban entity designated last week.
This issue
- New designations
- 0
- Removals
- 2
- Entries amended
- 7
- Sources monitored
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One Release, Six Renewals
On 23 September 2026, after our previous capture, OFAC deleted François Olenga and Safari Club, also known as Centre de Loisir Safari Club and "Safari Beach", from the Specially Designated Nationals List under its Democratic Republic of the Congo programme. Both were designated on 1 June 2017, when Treasury said the Maison Militaire he headed oversaw a Republican Guard that harassed opponents of President Kabila. OFAC's notice gives no reason for the removal. The same notice made a one-character correction to the address of a Cuban entity designated last week.
Qatar's Attorney General, by Decision No. 129 dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the National Counter Terrorism Committee register in this window, has extended for three years the national listing first made in September 2020 and renewed in 2023. It covers Syrian national Abdulrahman Ali Hussein Al-Ahmad Al-Rawi, Afghan national Sayed Habib Ahmad Khan, Al-Haram Exchange, Tawasul Company, Najat Social Welfare Organisation and Al-Khalidi Exchange. All six are also on the OFAC list under its counter-terrorism authority. Nothing about them changes except the date to which Qatar's freeze runs.
Party detail
Every row below was read against the issuing authority's own notice, not against a press report. Aliases are reproduced in full, including non Latin script forms, because the alias field is where a screening run usually fails. Identifiers are published sanctions data.
| Party | Action and instrument | Identifiers | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| François Olenga | RemovalExecutive Order 13413 of 27 October 2006, as amended by Executive Order 13671 of 8 July 2014, Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions (programme tag DRCONGO) | Date of birth: 9 Oct 1948Place of birth: Kindu, Maniema, Democratic Republic of the CongoNationality: Congolese (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Identifier: No identity document on the OFAC entryIdentifier: date of birth 9 Oct 1948, alternative dates 10 Sep 1948 and 10 Jul 1949Identifier: place of birth Kindu, ManiemaAddress: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Designated by OFAC on 1 June 2017 as head of the Maison Militaire, which oversees the Republican Guard, for actions undermining democratic processes in the DRC under President Joseph Kabila. Removed from the SDN List on 23 September 2026. OFAC's notice gives no reason for the removal. No UN, EU or UK listing remains. Retire the OFAC sanctions record, but keep the politically exposed person profile |
| Safari Club | RemovalExecutive Order 13413 of 27 October 2006, as amended by Executive Order 13671 of 8 July 2014, Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions (programme tag DRCONGO) | Identifier: Registration ID 1322 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Address: Nsele, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Designated by OFAC on 1 June 2017 as owned or controlled by François Olenga. Removed from the SDN List on 23 September 2026 together with him, with no reason given. No UN, EU or UK listing remains. Retire all three names on the record, including the "Safari Beach" alias and Registration ID 1322 |
| Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo de Armamento de Infanteria | AmendmentExecutive Order 14404 of 1 May 2026, Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy (programme tag CUBA-EO14404) | Identifier: Organisation Established Date 11 April 2010Identifier: Target Type State-Owned EnterpriseIdentifier: Entity Code 14124 (Cuba)Address: Circunvalacion Norte, Km 8 1/2, Camaguey, Cuba | Published on 23 September 2026 in the Unrelated Administrative List Changes section of the OFAC notice. OFAC states that the update only changes the character "½" to the characters "1/2" in the address, that no new listings have been added and that no new sanctions apply. Designated on 17 September 2026 and delivered in the 18 September briefing. Update the stored address so that exact address matching keeps working |
| Abdulrahman Ali Hussein Al-Ahmad Al-Rawi | AmendmentQatar national sanctions list: Law No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); listing under Attorney General Decision No. | Date of birth: 1 Jan 1983Place of birth: Albu Kamal, Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria (as recorded by OFAC)Nationality: SyrianIdentifier: passport 002-18-6119697Address: No address is published in the Qatari decision | First placed on Qatar's national sanctions list by Attorney General Decision No. 87 of 2020 (24 September 2020) on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee, and extended for three years by Decision No. 105 of 2023. Decision No. 129 of 2026, dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the NCTC list-updates register in this window, extends the listing for a further three years. The decisions give no individual statement of grounds. OFAC lists him under its counter-terrorism authority with date of birth 1983 and place of birth Albu Kamal, Syria. The passport number is transcribed from the scanned Arabic decision |
| Sayed Habib Ahmad Khan | AmendmentQatar national sanctions list: Law No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); listing under Attorney General Decision No. | Date of birth: 1970Place of birth: Kunar Province, Afghanistan (as recorded by OFAC)Nationality: AfghanIdentifier: No identity document in the Qatari decisionIdentifier: year of birth 1970Address: No address is published in the Qatari decision | First placed on Qatar's national sanctions list by Attorney General Decision No. 87 of 2020 (24 September 2020) on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee, and extended for three years by Decision No. 105 of 2023. Decision No. 129 of 2026, dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the NCTC list-updates register in this window, extends the listing for a further three years. The decisions give no individual statement of grounds. OFAC lists him under its counter-terrorism authority as linked to Nejaat Social Welfare Organization, which OFAC links to ISIL-Khorasan |
| Al-Haram Exchange | AmendmentQatar national sanctions list: Law No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); listing under Attorney General Decision No. | Identifier: No registration number in the Qatari decisionAddress: No head office stated; branches in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Sudan (as listed in the decision) | First placed on Qatar's national sanctions list by Attorney General Decision No. 87 of 2020 (24 September 2020) on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee, and extended for three years by Decision No. 105 of 2023. Decision No. 129 of 2026, dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the NCTC list-updates register in this window, extends the listing for a further three years. The decisions give no individual statement of grounds. OFAC lists the business under its counter-terrorism authority as linked to ISIL |
| Tawasul Company | AmendmentQatar national sanctions list: Law No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); listing under Attorney General Decision No. | Identifier: No registration number in the Qatari decisionAddress: Head office Harem, Syria; branches in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (as listed in the decision) | First placed on Qatar's national sanctions list by Attorney General Decision No. 87 of 2020 (24 September 2020) on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee, and extended for three years by Decision No. 105 of 2023. Decision No. 129 of 2026, dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the NCTC list-updates register in this window, extends the listing for a further three years. The decisions give no individual statement of grounds. OFAC lists the company under its counter-terrorism authority as linked to ISIL. The decision records a branch in Qatar itself |
| Najat Social Welfare Organisation | AmendmentQatar national sanctions list: Law No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); listing under Attorney General Decision No. | Identifier: No registration number in the Qatari decisionAddress: Head office Kabul, Afghanistan; branch in Jalalabad, Afghanistan | First placed on Qatar's national sanctions list by Attorney General Decision No. 87 of 2020 (24 September 2020) on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee, and extended for three years by Decision No. 105 of 2023. Decision No. 129 of 2026, dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the NCTC list-updates register in this window, extends the listing for a further three years. The decisions give no individual statement of grounds. OFAC lists the organisation under its counter-terrorism authority as linked to ISIL-Khorasan |
| Al-Khalidi Exchange | AmendmentQatar national sanctions list: Law No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001); listing under Attorney General Decision No. | Identifier: No registration number in the Qatari decisionAddress: No head office stated; branches in Turkey, Iraq and Syria (as listed in the decision) | First placed on Qatar's national sanctions list by Attorney General Decision No. 87 of 2020 (24 September 2020) on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee, and extended for three years by Decision No. 105 of 2023. Decision No. 129 of 2026, dated 10 September 2026 and posted to the NCTC list-updates register in this window, extends the listing for a further three years. The decisions give no individual statement of grounds. OFAC lists the business under its counter-terrorism authority as linked to ISIL |
What this means for your organisation
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Retire the two OFAC records, and nothing else: Remove François Olenga and Safari Club from your OFAC layer, including the aliases Centre de Loisir Safari Club and "Safari Beach" and Registration ID 1322. No UN, EU or UK entry exists to retire, so check that your file does not hold one by mistake.
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Keep General Olenga in PEP and adverse-media review: The delisting says nothing about his standing as a former head of the President's Military House, and OFAC gave no reason for it. Any relationship with him or the club should stay under enhanced due diligence, with source of funds documented.
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Roll the Qatari expiry dates forward: The six Qatari listings now run for three years from 10 September 2026. Move any expiry or review date keyed to September 2026, load the Arabic-script names as aliases, and confirm the OFAC layer for all six is unchanged.
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Stop counting on UK licences for five Iranian banks: OFSI will presume to refuse applications involving Bank Sepah, Melli Bank plc, Bank Saderat, Persia International Bank and Bank Tejarat, and General Licence INT/2025/7628424 lapses on 22 October 2026.
Where this issue came from
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Method statement
Parties are taken from the issuing authorities' list data and notices as recorded in the Youverify Sanctions Monitor of 24 September 2026, one row per party. Website copy for this archive edition is compiled from that day's published briefing.
Corrections
No corrections issued for this issue. Corrections are published on the issue they affect, dated, with the original text retained.Cite this issue
Vyra from Youverify. "Washington Delists a Congolese General. Doha Renews Six Terrorist Financing Listings." Youverify Sanctions Monitor, issue 132, 24 September 2026. https://youverify.co/en/sanctions/2026-09-24. Accessed 24 September 2026.