Civil case
Zobay et al. v. MTN Group Limited et al., with the related Long case
- Authority
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Case number
- Not published
- Filed or opened
- 2021
- Organization
- MTN Group Limited
- Current stage
- Discovery in Zobay and the related Long case after the ruling of 25 September 2026. The separate Cabrera and Chand cases are in the District of Columbia and had no material updatesS2S6.
- Outcome
- Pending.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Unresolved58Plaintiffs in US Anti-Terrorism Act suits allege that MTN paid protection money to the Taliban for the security of its towers in Afghanistan.Press report, 29 September 20265 records citedSanctions
- Supported65MTN said the September 2023 US ruling did not mean it had lost the case or that it had violated the law.Company statement, 17 April 20255 records citedCorporate status
Sources
- S1Tier B MTN Group notes incorrect media article relating to US legal issueMTN Group. Company statement. 17 April 2025.MTN's account of the September 2023 Zobay ruling and its denial. It is a party statement, not the court order.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
- S2Tier C United States anti-terrorism case against South Africa's MTN moving aheadBusinessTech. Press report. 29 September 2026.Staff report on the 2026 refusal of reconsideration and the move to discovery. It names no reporter and gives no order date.
- S6Tier C Two MTN antiterrorism cases move to discovery phase in the USBusiness Day. Press report. 30 September 2026.Report by Mudiwa Gavaza dating the refusal of reconsideration to 25 September and placing the Cabrera and Chand cases in the District of Columbia. It relays an MTN update, not the order.Link working, checked 25 October 2026