State Department Issues Terrorism Designations

The State Department issued terrorism designations targeting two groups and two people, according to notices released March 10. The agency designated the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique branches of the Islamic State group as foreign terrorist organizations. The DRC and Mozambique branches were also designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The State Department also designated Seka Musa Baluku, a leader of the DRC group, and Abu Yasir Hassan, a leader of the Mozambique group, as SDGTs.