Born: 01 February 1974;

Place of Birth: Ethiopia;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Ethiopian;

General Info:
Abdella Hussein Abadigga has recruited young men in South Africa and sent them to a weapons training camp.

Abadigga, who controlled two mosques in South Africa, used his position to extort money from members of the mosques to sent these funds via a hawala to Islamic State supporters elsewhere in Africa.

Bilal al-Sudani, a US-designated Islamic State leader in Somalia, considered Abadigga a trusted supporter who could help the Islamic State supporters in South Africa become better organized and recruit new members.

Abadigga is being designated pursuant to Executive E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of the Islamic State terrorist group.