EU sanctions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were first imposed in 1993, when it was known as Zaire, and consisted of an arms embargo against armed groups and travel bans against senior officials of the Mobuto regime.
In January 2021, the UK adopted The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the potential candidate country Georgia, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Liechtenstein have aligned themselves with the EU’s new Haiti sanctions framework (press release, previous post). The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and …
OFAC has designated 6 individuals for contributing to the escalation of conflict in the eastern DRC (press release, notice): Apollinaire Hakizimana, Brigadier General Sebastian Uwimbabazi, and Ruvugayimikore Protogene, Rwandan nationals who are leaders of the militia group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda; Bernard Byamungu, a Congolese national who is the deputy commander of M23, another militia group …
Yesterday, the US Department of State designated 3 DRC public officials as generally ineligible for entry into the US, due to their alleged involvement in significant corruption (press release): Cosma Wilungula Balongelwa, the former Director General of Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) and Wilungula’s wife, Esther Mwanga Wilungula; Leonard Muamba Kanda, the former Department Head of the …
Switzerland has aligned with the EU’s Belarus designations on penitentiary officials, judges, prosecutors, criminal investigators, TV presenters, and state-owned entities (notice, previous post). Switzerland has aligned with the EU’s DRC designations on Congolese and Rwandan military and non-state armed group commanders (notice, previous post).
Last week, the EU designated 9 Congolese and Rwandan individuals allegedly responsible for acts that constitute serious human rights violations, and for sustaining the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC (press release, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1564, Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/1567). The listings include: Salomon Tokolonga, colonel of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC); Jean-Pierre Niragire, commander of …
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Haiti
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Russia
Belarus