Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed "Godane"

Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was the emir of al Shabaab. He was one of the original founders of al Shabaab.[1] The United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Godane as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on November 20, 2008.[2] On April 12, 2010, the United Nations subjected him to sanctions pursuant to paragraph 8 of UN Security Council Resolution 1844.[3] The State Department authorized a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to his location on June 7, 2012.[4] OFAC, the US State Department, and the United Nations use his alias Ahmed Abdi aw Mohamed in their respective listings. A US airstrike killed Godane on September 1, 2014.[5]