Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
Notice published September 23, 2026 · 91 FR 60490
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2026-19415
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- September 23, 2026
- Citation
- 91 FR 60490 (page 60,490)
- Action
- Notice.
- Dates
- This action was issued on September 18, 2026. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for relevant dates.
- Official sources
- PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov
Summary
The Federal Register's summaryThe U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) the names of persons whose property and interests in property had been blocked pursuant to Ethiopia sanctions authorities.
Executive orders cited
- Executive Order 14046 · Other documents citing it · OFAC program tags: ETHIOPIA-EO14046
Text
As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 60490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19415]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) has removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) the names of persons whose property
and interests in property had been blocked pursuant to Ethiopia
sanctions authorities.
DATES: This action was issued on September 18, 2026. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, 202-622-
2480; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance, 202-622-2490 or
https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov.
Notice of OFAC Actions
The national emergency declared in Executive Order 14046 of
September 17, 2021, ``Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With
Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia,'' was
not continued in effect beyond September 17, 2026. Accordingly, the
persons listed below, whose property had been blocked solely pursuant
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, have been removed
from the SDN List, and their property and interests in property subject
to U.S. jurisdiction are no longer blocked.
Individuals
1. NEMARIAM, Abraha Kassa (a.k.a. KASSA, Abraha; a.k.a. KASSA,
Wedi), Eritrea; DOB 15 Jul 1953; POB Eritrea; nationality Eritrea;
Gender Male; Passport D000294 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-
EO14046].
2. W KIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet (a.k.a. WELDEKIDANE, Hagos
Ghebrehiwet; a.k.a. WOLDEKIDAN, Hagos Ghebrehiwet), Asmara, Eritrea;
DOB 25 Apr 1953; POB Senafe, Eritrea; nationality Eritrea; Gender Male;
National ID No. 0882109 (Eritrea) (individual) [ETHIOPIA-EO14046].
Entities
1. ERITREAN DEFENSE FORCES (a.k.a. ERITREAN DEFENSE FORCE),
Eritrea; Organization Established Date 1993; Target Type Government
Entity [ETHIOPIA-EO14046].
2. HIDRI TRUST, Felket Street, Asmara, Eritrea; Organization
Established Date 1994 [ETHIOPIA-EO14046].
3. PEOPLE'S FRONT FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE, Eritrea; Organization
Established Date 1993; Organization Type: Activities of political
organizations [ETHIOPIA-EO14046].
4. RED SEA TRADING CORPORATION, Felket Street, Asmara, Eritrea;
Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Organization Established Date 1984
[ETHIOPIA-EO14046].
(Authority: 31 CFR chapter V.)
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2026-19415 Filed 9-22-26; 8:45 am]
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