UK sanctions: Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions
73 designations under The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: 62 people, 11 companies and groups, as listed on the UK Sanctions List dated 03-Nov-2026. The newest designation is dated 17 July 2026.
Names, positions, sanctions and reasons are quoted from the list. Dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses are left out. Being on the list is a government designation, not a criminal conviction.
| Name and position | Type | Designated | Sanctions | UK statement of reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastien Uwimbabazi Leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) 6 other names on the list | Individual | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (e), 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): SEBASTIEN UWIMBABAZI has and continues to engage in or provide support for acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. He is the leader of intelligence of the Democratic Forces for the |
| Muhammed Lumisa Senior Commander of the Allied Democratic Forces 10 other names on the list | Individual | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(a), 7 (e), 7(h) and 7(j) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): MUHAMMED LUMISA has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. He is a Senior Commander of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which is an ex |
| John Imani Nzenze Commander of M23 4 other names on the list | Individual | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (c), 7 (e) and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): JOHN IMANI NZENZE has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. He is a military leader of the M23, a Congolese militia which received support fr |
| Kubwayo Gustave Leader of special unit 'Commando de recherche et d’action en profondeur' (CRAP) of FDLR-FOCA 20 other names on the list | Individual | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(e) and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): KUBWAYO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. He is a key leader of the UN sanctioned Forces Democratiques De Liberation Du Rwanda (FDLR), an ext |
| Nangaa Yobeluo Corneille Leader of the Congo River Alliance 2 other names on the list | Individual | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (c), 7 (e) and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): CORNEILLE NANGAA YOBELUO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. He is the political leader of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), which is a p |
| Charles Sematama Deputy Commander of the Twirwaneho 1 other name on the list | Individual | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(c), 7(d) 7(e) and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): CHARLES SEMATAMA has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. Paragraph 7(c): CHARLES SEMATAMA is the military commander, of the Twirwaneho w |
| Twirwaneho 1 other name on the list | Entity | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(a), 7(d) and 7(e) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): The TWIRWANEHO has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace, stability and security of the DRC. The TWIRWANEHO is a member of the Congo River Alliance which is a politico-military pl |
| Alliance Fleuve Congo 1 other name on the list | Entity | 17 July 2026 | Asset freeze | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7(c), 7(h), 7(g), and 7(j) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2738 (2024) and resolution 2783 (2025): The CONGO RIVER ALLIANCE has and continues to impede the participation of their combatants, namely M23 combatants, in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes. The CONGO RIVER |
| Alain Francois Viviane GOETZ 16 other names on the list | Individual | 9 December 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Alain Francois Viviane GOETZ is an involved person under the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: GOETZ is or has been involved in providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, that could contribute to any serious human rights violation or abuse, any violation of international humanitarian law |
| Michel Rukunda Commander and military leader of an armed militia, Twirwaneho 1 other name on the list | Individual | 21 February 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraph 7 (c), 7(d), 7(e) of resolution 2293 (2016) as 'political and military leaders of Congolese militias, including those receiving support from outside the DRC, who impede the participation of their combatants in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes'; 'recruiting or using children in armed conflict in the DRC in violation of applicable inter |
| Willy Ngoma Military spokesperson for M23/ARC | Individual | 21 February 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraph 7 (c), 7 (e), and 7 (h) of resolution 2293 (2016), as reaffirmed by paragraph 2 of resolution 2688 (2023): Willy NGOMA has and continues to engage in acts that undermine the peace and security of the DRC. He is a senior leader and military spokesperson of M23, a UN sanctioned Congolese militia which received support from outside the DRC and which impedes the disarmamen |
| Mohamed Ali NKALUBO Mr Senior leader, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) 45 other names on the list | Individual | 21 February 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (b), 7(d), 7(e), and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016) as 'being political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups; or recruiting or using children in armed conflict in the DRC in violation of applicable international law; or p |
| Ahmad Mahmood Hassan Mr Senior leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) 48 other names on the list | Individual | 21 February 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to Paragraphs 7 (b), 7(e), and 7(h) of resolution 2293 (2016) and paragraph 3 of resolution 2641 (2022). Namely these are: Para 7(b) of resolution 2293 (2016): 'being political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups;' Para 7(e) of reso |
| Apollinaire Hakizimana Lieutenant General Leader/Commissioner of Defense for FDLR 3 other names on the list | Individual | 21 February 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraph 7 (b), 7(e) and 7 (h) of resolution 2293 (2016) as ' political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups;'; 'planning, directing, or committing acts in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violatio |
| PROTOGENE RUVUGAYIMIKORE Commander of the FDLR special unit 'Commando de recherche et d'action en profondeur' (CRAP) (now called Maccabe) 24 other names on the list | Individual | 25 October 2023 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (b), 7 (e), and 7 (h) of resolution 2293 (2016) as 'being political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the DRC who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups'; 'committing acts in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violations of internation |
| BERNARD MAHESHE BYAMUNGU Deputy Commander of operations and intelligence for M23 2 other names on the list | Individual | 25 October 2023 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (c) and 7 (h) of resolution 2293 (2016) as 'political and military leaders of Congolese militias, including those receiving support from outside the DRC, who impede the participation of their combatants in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes' and 'acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated individual or entity, or acting |
| Desire Londroma Ndjukpa Commander of CODECO URDPC 1 other name on the list | Individual | 19 June 2023 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Desiré Londroma NDJUKPA is an involved person under the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because he is or has been involved in the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including rape, mass rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, through his role as a leader of CODECO-URDP |
| William Yakutumba Leader of the Mai-Mai Yakutumba | Individual | 19 June 2023 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | William YAKUTUMBA is an 'involved person' under the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because he is or has been involved in the commission of violations of international humanitarian law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including rape, mass rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, through his role as leader of the Mai-Mai Yakut |
| William AMURI YAKUTUMBA Mr Leader for MAI-MAI YAKUTUMBA 4 other names on the list | Individual | 21 February 2023 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Listed pursuant to paragraphs 7 (c), 7(d), 7(e) and 7(g) of resolution 2293 (2016) as 'being political and military leaders of Congolese militias, including those receiving support from outside the DRC, who impede the participation of their combatants in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes';'recruiting or using children in armed conflict in the DRC in violation of a |
| Eric Ruhorimbere Brigadier General 44 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As former Deputy Commander of the 21st Military region, Eric RUHORIMBERE is responsible for the disproportionate use of force and extra judicial killings perpetrated by FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo), notably against the Nsapu militia and women and children. As Deputy Commander of the FARDC forces which carried out the abuses Eric RUHORIMBERE is therefore responsible for |
| Kalev Mutondo Head (formally Administrator-General), National Intelligence Service (known by its French acronym ANR) 23 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As head of the National Intelligence Service (ANR) until February 2019, Kalev MUTONDO was involved in and responsible for the arbitrary arrest, detention and mistreatment of opposition members, civil society activists and others. Kalev MUTONDO was therefore involved in planning, directing, or committing acts that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses in DRC. In May 2019, he signed a |
| Emmanuel Ramazani Shadari Mulanda Former Vice Prime Minister 10 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Security between December 2016 and February 2018, Ramazani SHADARI was officially responsible for the police and security services and coordinating the work of provincial governors. In this capacity, he was responsible for the arrests of activists and opposition members, as well as brutality and excessive force used by the security services, |
| Evariste Boshab Deputy Prime Minister Vice Prime Minister 48 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | In his capacity as Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Security from December 2014 to December 2016, Evariste BOSHAB was officially responsible for the police and security services and coordinating the work of provincial governors. In this capacity, he was responsible for arrests of activists and opposition members, as well as disproportionate use of force, including between September |
| John Numbi Inspector General of the Congolese Armed Foreces 15 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As former Inspector General of the Congolese National Police John NUMBI was notably involved in the campaign of violent intimidation carried out in the context of the March 2016 gubernatorial elections in the four ex-Katangan provinces, and as such is responsible for obstructing a consensual and peaceful solution with a view to holding elections in DRC. From July 2018 to July 2020, John NUMBI was |
| Celestin Kanyama Police Commissioner Former Kinshasa Police Commissioner (PNC) , now General of Schools and Training (PNC) 16 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | There are reasonable grounds to conclude that KANYAMA was an 'involved person' given that matters within reg (6)(2) occurred in Kinshasa while he was Kinshasa Police Commissioner and therefore bore responsibility for the human rights violations committed by the PNC. As Kinshasa Police Commissioner (PNC), Celestin KANYAMA was responsible for the disproportionate use of force and violent rep |
| Ferdinand Ilunga Luyoyo Commander-in-Chief Co-ordinator, Anti Riot Police (PNC) | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Former Commander of the anti-riot body Légion Nationale d'Intervention (LENI) of the Congolese National Police (PNC), Ferdinand Ilunga LUYOYO was responsible for disproportionate use of force and violent repression in September 2016 in Kinshasa. In this capacity, Ferdinand Ilunga LUYOYO was therefore involved in planning, directing, or committing acts that constitute serious human rights vi |
| Gabriel Amisi Kumba Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC), with responsibility for operations and intelligence 3 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Commander of the 1st Defence Zone of Congolese Army (FARDC) Gabriel KUMBA was officially responsible for FARDC forces who took part in the disproportionate use of force and violent repression in September 2016 in Kinshasa. In this capacity, Gabriel KUMBA was therefore involved in planning, directing, or committing acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses in DRC. There are |
| Gaston Hughes Ilunga Kampete Commander Commander, Republican Guard 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Commander of the Republican Guard until July 2020, Ilunga KAMPETE was responsible for the GR units deployed on the ground and involved in the disproportionate use of force and violent repression, in September 2016 in Kinshasa. In this capacity, Ilunga KAMPETE was therefore involved in planning, directing, or committing acts that constitute serious human rights violations in DRC. Since July 2020 |
| SEKA BALUKU Overall leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) (CDe.001) 4 other names on the list | Individual | 6 February 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Longtime member of the ADF (CDe.001), Baluku used to be the second in command to ADF founder Jamil Mukulu (CDi.015) until he took over after FARDC military operation Sukola I in 2014. |
| MUHINDO AKILI MUNDOS DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) General, Commander of the 31st Brigade 6 other names on the list | Individual | 1 February 2018 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Muhindo Akili Mundos is an FARDC General, Commander of the 31st Brigade. He was appointed commander of the FARDC’s Operational Sector in the areas of Beni and Lubero, including Operation Sukola I against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in September 2014. He remained in that position until June 2015. He is also a threat to the peace, stability and security of the DRC under UNSCR 2293 paragraph 7 |
| LUCIEN NZAMBAMWITA 1 other name on the list | Individual | 1 February 2018 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | He is a threat to the peace, stability and security of the DRC under UNSCR 2293 paragraph 7(j). INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/6194815 |
| GUIDON SHIMIRAY MWISSA | Individual | 1 February 2018 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Graduated secondary school humanités sociales in Mpofi; joined the armed group commanded by She Kasikila at the age of 16; integrated the FARDC with Kasikila, becoming his battalion S3; injured in 2007, thereafter joining Mai Mai Simba under then-commander 'Mando;' participated in the creation of the NDC in 2008, becoming the deputy commander in charge of the Aigle Lemabé Brigade. He is al |
| GEDEON KYUNGU MUTANGA WA BAFUNKWA KANONGA Katangan rebel leader | Individual | 1 February 2018 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Gédéon Kyungu belongs to the Balubakat ethnic group. After completing primary education in Likasi and secondary school in Manono, he obtained a degree in pedagogy. In 1999 he joined the Maï Maï movement, commanding from 2003 one of the most active groups in the province of Katanga. In 2006, he visited UN peacekeeping forces to integrate through the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DD |
| ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) 4 other names on the list | Entity | 30 June 2014 | Asset freeze | ADF founder and leader, Jamil Mukulu (CDi.015), was arrested in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in April 2015. He was subsequently extradited to Kampala, Uganda in July 2015. As of June 2016, Mukulu is reportedly being held in a police detention cell awaiting his trial. Seka Baluku (CDi.036) succeeded Jamil Mukulu (CDi.015) as the overall leader of the ADF. As highlighted in several reports from the Group |
| JEAN-MARIE LUGERERO RUNIGA President of the M23 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2012 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Entered the Republic of Rwanda on 16 March 2013. As of 2016, residing in Rwanda. Participated in the creation of a new Congolese political party in June 2016, the Alliance pour le Salut du Peuple (ASP). INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5274633 |
| ERIC BADEGE | Individual | 31 December 2012 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | He fled to Rwanda in March 2013 and is still living there as of early 2016. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272441 |
| M23 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2012 | Asset freeze | INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5277973 |
| FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA (FDLR) 20 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2012 | Asset freeze | INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278442 |
| INNOCENT KAINA Former M23 Deputy Commander 2 other names on the list | Individual | 30 November 2012 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Became M23 deputy commander after the flight of Bosco Taganda’s faction to Rwanda in March 2013. Fled to Uganda in November 2013. In Uganda as of early 2016. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5776081 |
| BAUDOIN NGARUYE WA MYAMURO Military Leader of the movement du Mars (M23) 4 other names on the list | Individual | 30 November 2012 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Entered the Republic of Rwanda on 16 March 2013. As of late 2014, living in Ngoma camp, Rwanda. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5268954 |
| SULTANI MAKENGA Military leader of the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 other names on the list | Individual | 12 November 2012 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | A military leader of the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Uganda as of late 2014. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272833 |
| NTABO NTABERI SHEKA Commander-in-Chief, Nduma Defence of Congo, Mayi Mayi Sheka group | Individual | 28 November 2011 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | He surrendered to MONUSCO on 26 July 2017 and has been since detained by the Congolese authorities. His trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity and participation in an insurrectional movement, before the Military Court in Goma, started in November 2018. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals. |
| JAMIL MUKULU Head/Commander of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) 24 other names on the list | Individual | 12 October 2011 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Arrested in April 2015 in Tanzania and extradited to Uganda in July 2015. As of September 2016, Mukulu is reportedly being held in a police detention cell awaiting his trial for war crimes and grave breaches of the Geneva Convection under Ugandan Law. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5270670 |
| LEODOMIR MUGARAGU FDLR-FOCA Chief of Staff 8 other names on the list | Individual | 1 December 2010 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | FDLR-FOCA Chief of Staff, in charge of administration. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5270747 |
| INNOCENT ZIMURINDA M23, Bde Comd, Rank: Colonel and in the FARDC 6 other names on the list | Individual | 1 December 2010 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Integrated in the FARDC in 2009 as a Lieutenant Colonel, brigade commander in FARDC Kimia II Ops, based in Ngungu area. In July 2009, Zimurinda was promoted to full Colonel and became FARDC Sector commander in Ngungu and subsequently in Kitchanga in FARDC Kimia II and Amani Leo Operations. Whereas Zimurinda did not appear in the 31 December 2010 DRC Presidential ordinance nominating high FARDC off |
| GASTON IYAMUREMYE 1st Vice-President 24 other names on the list | Individual | 1 December 2010 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272456 |
| FELICIEN NSANZUBUKIRE FDLR-FOCA Colonel 6 other names on the list | Individual | 1 December 2010 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5269078 |
| STANISLAS NZEYIMANA Former Deputy Commander of FDLR-FOCA 15 other names on the list | Individual | 3 March 2009 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Disappeared while in Tanzania in early 2013. Whereabouts unknown as of June 2016. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5275373 |
| PACIFIQUE NTAWUNGUKA FDLR-FOCA Brigadier General 12 other names on the list | Individual | 3 March 2009 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Received military training in Egypt. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5269021 |
| LEOPOLD MUJYAMBERE FDLR-FOCA Chief of Staff|FDLR-FOCA Interim Deputy Commander 6 other names on the list | Individual | 3 March 2009 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Became acting FDLR-FOCA Deputy Commander in 2014. Captured in Goma, DRC by Congolese security services in early May 2016 and transferred to Kinshasa. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5224709 |
| CALLIXTE MBARUSHIMANA Re-elected Executive Secretary of FDLR | Individual | 3 March 2009 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Arrested in Paris on 3 October 2010 under ICC warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in the Kivus in 2009. Transferred to The Hague on 25 January 2011 and released by the ICC in late 2011. Elected FDLR Executive Secretary on 29 Nov. 2014 for a five-year term. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5224 |
| STRATON MUSONI 2 other names on the list | Individual | 29 March 2007 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Arrested by German authorities on 17 November 2009, found guilty in a German court on 28 September 2015 of leadership of a foreign terrorist group, and received an 8-year sentence. Musoni was released from prison immediately after the trial, having served over 5 years of his sentence. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272354 |
| UGANDA COMMERCIAL IMPEX (UCI) LTD | Entity | 29 March 2007 | Asset freeze | Gold export company. (Directors Mr. Jamnadas V. LODHIA – known as 'Chuni'- and his sons Mr. Kunal LODHIA and Jitendra J. LODHIA). In January 2011, Ugandan authorities notified the Committee that following an exemption on its financial holdings, Emirates Gold repaid UCI’s debt to Crane Bank in Kampala, leading to final closure of its accounts. The directors of UCI have remained involved in |
| MACHANGA LTD | Entity | 29 March 2007 | Asset freeze | Gold export company (Directors: Mr. Rajendra Kumar Vaya and Mr. Hirendra M. Vaya). In 2010, assets belonging to Machanga, held in the account of Emirates Gold, were frozen by Bank of Nova Scotia Mocatta (UK). The owners of Machanga have remained involved in purchasing gold from eastern DRC. Machanga Ltd last filed an annual return in 2004 and was listed as 'status inactive' according to th |
| CONGOMET TRADING HOUSE | Entity | 29 March 2007 | Asset freeze | No longer exists as a gold trading house in Butembo, North Kivu. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278420 |
| COMPAGNIE AERIENNE DES GRANDS LACS (CAGL) 6 other names on the list | Entity | 29 March 2007 | Asset freeze | As of December 2008, GLBC no longer had any operational aircraft, although several aircraft continued flying in 2008 despite UN sanctions. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278381 |
| BUTEMBO AIRLINES 1 other name on the list | Entity | 29 March 2007 | Asset freeze | Privately-owned airline, operates out of Butembo. Since December 2008, BAL no longer holds an aircraft operating license in the DRC. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278478 |
| THOMAS LUBANGA | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Arrested in Kinshasa in March 2005 for UPC/L involvement in human rights abuses violations. Transferred to the ICC on 17 March 2006. Convicted by the ICC in March 2012 and sentenced to 14 years in prison. On 1 December 2014, ICC appeals judges upheld Lubanga’s conviction and sentence. Transferred to a prison facility in the DRC on 19 December 2015 to serve out his sentence of imprisonment. He was |
| SYLVESTRE MUDACUMURA FDLR-FOCA Commander and FDLR-FOCA Lieutenant General 5 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Mudacumura on 12 July 2012 for nine counts of war crimes, including attacking civilians, murder, mutilation, cruel treatment, rape, torture, destruction of property, pillaging and outrages against personal dignity, allegedly committed between 2009 and 2010 in the DRC. |
| MATHIEU CHUI NGUDJOLO 1 other name on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Arrested by MONUC in Bunia in October 2003. Surrendered by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 7 February 2008. Acquitted of all charges by the ICC in December 2012, and the verdict was upheld by the Appeals Chamber on 27 February 2015. Ngudjolo filed a claim for asylum in the Netherlands, but was denied. He was deported to the DRC on 11 May 2015. INTERPOL-UN Security |
| LAURENT NKUNDA Officer for the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) 64 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Former RCD-G General. Founder, National Congress for the People’s Defense, 2006; Senior Officer, Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-G), 1998-2006; Officer Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), 1992-1998. Laurent Nkunda was arrested by Rwandan authorities in Rwanda in January 2009 and replaced as the commander of the CNDP. Since then, he has been under house arrest in Kigali, Rwanda. DRC Government’s |
| KHAWA PANGA MANDRO 8 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Placed in prison in Bunia in April 2005 for sabotage of the Ituri peace process. Arrested by Congolese authorities in October 2005, acquitted by the Court of Appeal in Kisangani, subsequently transferred to the judicial authorities in Kinshasa on new charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder, aggravated assault and battery. In August 2014, a DRC military court in Kisangani convicted h |
| JULES MUTEBUTSI 3 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Former FARDC Deputy Military Regional Commander of 10th Military Region in April 2004, dismissed for indiscipline. In December 2007, he was arrested by Rwandan authorities when he tried to cross the border into the DRC. Reported to have died in Kigali on 9 May 2014. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272093 |
| JEROME KAKWAVU BUKANDE Former FARDC General 2 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | |
| JAMES NYAKUNI | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5776374 |
| IRUTA DOUGLAS MPAMO 12 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | No known occupation since two of the planes managed by Great Lakes Business Company (GLBC) crashed. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272813 |
| IGNACE MURWANASHYAKA Doctor President of the FDLR 2 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Reported to have died in prison in Germany on 16 April 2019. Arrested by German authorities on 17 November 2009 and found guilty by a German court on 28 September 2015 of leadership of a foreign terrorist group and aiding in war crimes. Received a 13-year sentence and is in prison in Germany as of June 2016. Re-elected FDLR President on 29 November 2014 for a five-year term. INTERPOL-UN Security C |
| GERMAIN KATANGA | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Appointed General in the FARDC in December 2004. Handed over by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 18 October 2007. Initially convicted on 23 May 2014 by the ICC to 12 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the ICC Appeals Chamber reduced his sentence and determined that Katanga’s sentence should be completed on 18 January 2016. Although he was de |
| FRANK KAKOLELE BWAMBALE FARDC General 3 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Left the CNDP in January 2008. As of June 2011, resides in Kinshasa. Since 2010, Kakolele has been involved in activities apparently on behalf of the DRC government’s Programme de Stabilisation et Reconstruction des Zones Sortant des Conflits Armés (STAREC), including participation in a STAREC mission to Goma and Beni in March 2011. DRC authorities arrested him in December 2013 in Beni, North Kivu |
| FLORIBERT NGABU NJABU 3 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Under house arrest in Kinshasa since March 2005 for FNI involvement in human rights abuses. Transferred to The Hague on 27 March 2011 to testify in the ICC Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo trials. Applied for asylum in the Netherlands in May 2011. In October 2012, a Dutch court denied his asylum claim. In July 2014, he was deported from the Netherlands to DRC, where he was placed under arrest. |
| DIEUDONNE OZIA MAZIO Former president of the Fédération des entreprises congolaises (FEC) in Aru territory 2 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | While president of the Fédération des entreprises congolaises (FEC) in Aru territory, Dieudonné Ozia Mazio is believed to have died in Ariwara on 23 September 2008. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5275495 |
| BOSCO TAGANDA Former CNDP military commander 28 other names on the list | Individual | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Born in Rwanda, he moved to Nyamitaba, Masisi territory, North Kivu, when he was a child. Nominated FARDC Brigadier-General by Presidential Decree on 11 December 2004, following Ituri peace agreements. Formerly Chief of Staff in CNDP and became CNDP military commander since the arrest of Laurent Nkunda in January 2009. Since January 2009, de facto Deputy Commander of consecutive anti-FDLR operatio |
| TOUS POUR LA PAIX ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT (NGO) 1 other name on the list | Entity | 1 November 2005 | Asset freeze | Goma, with provincial committees in South Kivu, Kasai Occidental, Kasai Oriental and Maniema Officially suspended all activities since 2008. In practice, as of June 2011 TPD offices are open and involved in cases related to returns of IDPs, community reconciliation initiatives, land conflict settlements, etc. The TPD President is Eugene Serufuli and Vice-President is Saverina Karomba. Important me |
Where this comes from
The UK Sanctions List (FCDO, GOV.UK); CSV read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Every UK sanctions regime.