Abraha Kassa Nemariam (also known as Abraha Kassa and Wedi Kassa; born 15 July 1953) is an Eritrean Brigadier General. , he is the Director of the National Security Office of Eritrea, a post that he has held since 1997 or earlier.

U.S. sanctions

On 12 November 2021, the

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added Kassa to its

Specially Designated Nationals The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, a ...

(SDN) list. Individuals on the list have their assets blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.

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