Vanguard Africa
Vanguard Africa is registered with the Justice Department as an agent of 15 foreign principals in Kenya, Nigeria, Niger, Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo,, Mauritania, Cameroon and Djibouti.
70 filings in the list, read .
Foreign principals
- Friends of MaragaCountry: Kenya
- El Rufai Support Group AssociationCountry: Nigeria
- Mr. Mohamed BazoumCountry: Niger
- Tundu LissuCountry: Tanzania
- Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (AKA Bobi Wine)Country: Uganda
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Republic of LiberiaCountry: Liberia
- Mr. Idrissa SeckCountry: Senegal
- Mr. Idrissa SeekCountry: Senegal
- Congo, Democratic Republic of TheCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo,
- Ibrahim YacoubaCountry: Niger
- Biram Dah AbeidCountry: Mauritania
- Akera MunaCountry: Cameroon
- Daher Ahmed FarahCountry: Djibouti
- Oketch, EddyCountry: Kenya
- Raila Amolo Odinga of Kenya's Orange Democratic MovementCountry: Kenya
Follow-up filings
Our reading rules find no sentence in this registrant's agreement filings that says a later document or step is coming.
Supplemental statements, every six months
The law asks a registrant to file a supplemental statement for each six months after it registers, within 30 days after each six months ends. Each row is one six-month period and the supplemental statement the list shows for it.
| Six months | The law gives until | Supplemental statement |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2026 to | October 26, 2026 | No supplemental statement listed as of October 8, 2026 |
| September 26, 2025 to | April 25, 2026 | Filed May 29, 2026 Official file |
| March 26, 2025 to | October 26, 2025 | Filed September 29, 2025 Official file |
| September 26, 2024 to | April 25, 2025 | Filed May 9, 2025 Official file |
| March 26, 2024 to | October 26, 2024 | Filed October 30, 2024 Official file |
| September 26, 2023 to | April 25, 2024 | Filed April 25, 2024 Official file |
| March 26, 2023 to | October 26, 2023 | Filed September 26, 2023 Official file |
| September 26, 2022 to | April 25, 2023 | Filed April 11, 2023 Official file |
| March 26, 2022 to | October 26, 2022 | Filed September 26, 2022 Official file |
| September 26, 2021 to | April 25, 2022 | Filed April 15, 2022 Official file |
| March 26, 2021 to | October 26, 2021 | Filed September 22, 2021 Official file |
| September 26, 2020 to | April 25, 2021 | Filed April 9, 2021 Official file |
| March 26, 2020 to | October 26, 2020 | Filed September 25, 2020 Official file |
| September 26, 2019 to | April 25, 2020 | Filed April 22, 2020 Official file |
| March 26, 2019 to | October 26, 2019 | Filed September 18, 2019 Official file |
| September 26, 2018 to | April 25, 2019 | Filed April 25, 2019 Official file |
| March 26, 2018 to | October 26, 2018 | Filed October 26, 2018 Official file |
| September 26, 2017 to | April 25, 2018 | Filed April 5, 2018 Official file |
| March 26, 2017 to | October 26, 2017 | No supplemental statement listed as of October 8, 2026 |
22 U.S.C. 612(b) (official text):
“Every agent of a foreign principal who has filed a registration statement required by subsection (a) of this section shall, within thirty days after the expiration of each period of six months succeeding such filing, file with the Attorney General a supplement thereto under oath, on a form prescribed by the Attorney General”
28 CFR 5.203(b) (official text):
“The obligation to file a supplemental statement at 6-month intervals during the agency relationship shall continue even though the registrant has not engaged during the period in any activity in the interests of his foreign principal.”
28 CFR 5.203(c) (official text):
“The time within which to file a supplemental statement may be extended for sufficient cause shown in a written application to the Assistant Attorney General.”
Quoted from our copy of the official text, saved October 8, 2026.
30 agreement filings in the list (Exhibit AB, Exhibit B, Amendment and Registration Statement). We have our own copy of 4 and read the text of 4.
A quote is the text inside the filed PDF. A scanned page carries text made by character recognition, so a letter can be misread; our saved copy shows the page.
Every filing
Each filing in the Justice Department's list for this registrant. We save our own copy of each agreement filing before we say anything about it.
| Filing | Date | Official file | Our saved copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Friends of Maraga | Open | OpenFingerprint 80071f5cb9782faf | |
| Amendment | Open | OpenFingerprint 23facf7885ff0e43 | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor El Rufai Support Group Association | Open | OpenFingerprint 594cb25440d55633 | |
| Amendment | Open | OpenFingerprint ab3286a75fa02437 | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Mr. Mohamed Bazoum | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Republic of Liberia | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Informational MaterialsFor Mr. Idrissa Seck | Open | Not saved | |
| Informational MaterialsFor Mr. Idrissa Seck | Open | Not saved | |
| Informational MaterialsFor Mr. Idrissa Seck | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormFryer, Bruce | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Mr. Idrissa Seek | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Mr. Idrissa Seck | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Informational MaterialsFor Congo, Democratic Republic of The | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Informational MaterialsFor Congo, Democratic Republic of The | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Congo, Democratic Republic of The | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Ibrahim Yacouba | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Tundu Lissu | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (AKA Bobi Wine) | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Biram Dah Abeid | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Exhibit ABFor Ibrahim Yacouba | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Exhibit ABFor Akera Muna | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Supplemental Statement | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Daher Ahmed Farah | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Akera Muna | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Exhibit ABFor Oketch, Eddy | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Amendment | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Exhibit C | Open | Not saved | |
| Short-FormSmith, Jeffrey | Open | Not saved | |
| Registration Statement | Open | Not checked yet | |
| Exhibit ABFor Raila Amolo Odinga of Kenya's Orange Democratic Movement | Open | Not checked yet |
Where this comes from
U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act filings (efile.fara.gov). The law and the rules come from the Code of Federal Regulations (ecfr.gov) and the U.S. Code (govinfo.gov).