TITLE: India's Reserve Bank Notifies Addition of Individual to United Nations Sanctions List
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On April 1, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a notification to regulated financial entities regarding the addition of one individual to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions list for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida.
The notification implements Section 51A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) and reflects updates to the UNSC's 1267/1989 ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List, as approved by UNSC press release SC/16325 dated March 30, 2026. The listed individual is Hamidah Nabagala, a female national of Uganda born March 9, 1996. According to the listing, Nabagala works as a mediator in financing channels for ISIL in Central Africa, has been charged with financing a bombing in Kampala, Uganda in 2021, and attempted to coerce her three children to join ISIL camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her Ugandan passport number is A00044599 (expiring March 19, 2029), and her last known address is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The notification applies to all commercial banks, small finance banks, payment banks, urban and rural cooperative banks, regional rural banks, local area banks, non-banking financial companies, asset reconstruction companies, and all-India financial institutions. Regulated entities must ensure they do not maintain accounts in the name of individuals or entities appearing on the UNSC sanctions list and must follow procedures outlined in Chapter IX of the RBI's Know Your Customer Directions, 2025. The RBI directed regulated entities to forward any delisting requests to the Ministry of Home Affairs' Joint Secretary (Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Radicalization) for consideration.