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On September 23, 2026, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed multiple individuals and entities from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The action deletes five separate entries corresponding to Francois Olenga, who held the position of Head of the Military House of the President, also known as Chef de la Maison Militaire. The entries under various name aliases—including Olenga, Okunji, Olenga Tate, Olenga Tete, and Otshundi—all refer to the same individual born October 9, 1948, in Kindu, Maniema, DRC. OFAC also removed three related entities from the SDN list: Safari Club, Centre de Loisir Safari Club, and Safari Beach. These entities, all located in Kinshasa, DRC, and sharing registration number 1322, were linked to Olenga. The removal of these duplicate and linked entries streamlines OFAC's sanctions list and reduces compliance screening burdens for financial institutions and other entities subject to US jurisdiction. Additionally, OFAC made an unrelated administrative update to a Cuba-designated entity, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo de Armamento de Infanteria (CIDAI), correcting the character formatting in its address from "½" to "1/2" with no change to sanctions status or applicability. The removals reflect OFAC's ongoing effort to maintain accurate and current sanctions designations. Individuals and entities previously prohibited from conducting transactions with the removed targets may now engage in such transactions unless subject to other applicable sanctions programs or regulations.