Person

Mahfouz Ould Al-Walid

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union and United Kingdom. No matched entry on the Canada list. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA No matched entry

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

• United States

  Mahfouz Ould AL-WALID

  Reference

  OFAC entry 6903

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  SDGT

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1975-01-01

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1975-01-01) (with EU entry EU.420.36)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• UN Security Council

  MAHFOUZ OULD AL-WALID

  Reference

  QDi.015

  Listing date

  October 6, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1975-01-01

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1975-01-01) (with EU entry EU.420.36)
  • UN reference number QDi.015 (with UK entry AQD0219)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 12, 2026

• United Kingdom

  MAHFOUZ OULD AL-WALID

  Reference

  AQD0219

  Listing date

  October 6, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDi.015
  Date of birth 1975-01-01

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1975-01-01) (with EU entry EU.420.36)
  • UN reference number QDi.015 (with UN entry QDi.015)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  Abu Hafs the Mauritanian

  Reference

  EU.420.36

  Listing date

  Not stated on the entry; earliest regulation cited was published June 22, 2011

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1975-01-01
  Regulations 597/2011 (OJ L162)

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1975-01-01) (with UK entry AQD0219)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program EU TAQA; Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (15)

• Abu Hafs a mauritániai
• Abu Hafs de Mauritaniër
• Abu Hafs el Mauritano
• Abu Hafs il Mauritano
• Abu Hafs il-Mawritani
• Abu Hafs Mauretańczyk
• Abu Hafs the Mauritanian
• Khalid AL-SHANQITI
• Khalid Al-Shanqiti
• Mafouz Walad AL-WALID
• Mafouz Walad Al-Walid
• MAHFOUZ OULD AL-WALID
• Mahfouz Ould AL-WALID
• Mahfouz Ould Al-Walid
• محفوظ ولد الوليد

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Mahfouz Ould Al-Walid," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-6903/.