- Programme
- Congo
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 22 June 2005 on measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo (SR 946.231.12), article 2 (Financial sanctions) and 4 (Travel ban), annex 1
- Stated grounds
- President of FDLR, and supreme commander of the FDLR armed forces exercising influence over policies, and maintaining command and control over the activities of FDLR forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo. In telephone communication with FDLR military field commanders (including during the Busurungi May 2009 massacre); gave military orders to the high command; involved in coordinating the transfer of arms and ammunition to FDLR units and relaying specific instructions for use; managing large sums of money raised through illicit sale of natural resources in areas of FDLR control. According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he held command responsibility as President and military commander of FDLR for recruitment and use of children by the FDLR in Eastern Congo.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026