Complicit Dossier

Command, allied forces and mobilisation · person (community leader, EU-listed) · Sudan

Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda

  • Allied force or mobilisation network
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • Sanctioned byEU
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

Also recorded as: Al-Imam Joda Al-Tayyib; Al-Imam Dzhoda At-Taiyib; Al-Tayyib AL-IMAM JODA

EU statement of reasons: Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe (Sarhan area, west Gezira); 'among the community leaders who assisted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias, in particular the Sudan Shield Forces, in recruiting and organising the campaign of systematic targeting' of Kanabi farming communities in Gezira and Sennar, including around the SAF recapture of Wad Madani in Jan 2025.

Their response

  • None located.

Records

2

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Grade A: Official record

Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda

2024-2025

EU statement of reasons: Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe (Sarhan area, west Gezira); 'among the community leaders who assisted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias, in particular the Sudan Shield Forces, in recruiting and organising the campaign of systematic targeting' of Kanabi farming communities in Gezira and Sennar, including around the SAF recapture of Wad Madani in Jan 2025.

Response
None located.
Sanctions
EU asset freeze/travel ban, Reg. (EU) 2026/251, 29 Jan 2026
  1. 1Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/251 (Sudan restrictive measures, Reg. (EU) 2023/2147), OJ L 2026/251; text verified in EU Financial Sanctions File · eur-lex.europa.eu · 29 Jan 2026

NamesSudan ShieldTariq Madani

Checked against the document

1

Statements compared with the wording of the primary document.

  • “Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda has repeatedly called for the arming of the civilian population, has recruited combatants on behalf of the SAF and the Sudan Shield Forces, and has incited violence against the Kanabi people by accusing them of siding with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).”

    Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/251, Annex, entry 2029 Jan 2026verified verbatim

    Correction: Resolves the Arabic thread's garbled name: he is "Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe from the Sarhan area west of Gezirah".

Relationships

1

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Fighting forces · 1

Sanctions listings

1

  • European Union29 Jan 2026EU.13999.82

    ›Stated reason

    Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda is the Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe from the Sarhan area west of Gezirah State. He was among the community leaders who assisted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias, in particular the Sudan Shield Forces, in recruiting and organising the campaign of systematic targeting of Kanabi farming communities in Gezirah and Sennar States, which included mass arrests, mass killings, mass graves and burned villages, notably before and after the recapture of Wad Madani by the SAF and their allies in January 2025. Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda expressed his full support for the Sudan Shield Forces, a paramilitary group allied to the SAF, headed by Abu Aqla Mohamed Kaikal which has committed serious human rights violations in Gezirah State. Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda has repeatedly called for the arming of the civilian population, has recruited combatants [...]

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Sudan
Places
Wad Madani / Gezira

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.

›Possible links to investigate · 1