News | United States
| U.S. Treasury Department Sanctions M23 Rebel Leader | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury - November 13, 2012 | |
 | "Sultani Makenga is responsible for extensive atrocities against the population in the DRC, including the recruitment of child soldiers, and campaigns of violence against civilians," said Adam J. Szubin, the Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. |
| M23 Rebels Committing War Crimes | |
Human Rights Watch - September 11, 2012 | |
| Rwandan officials may be complicit in war crimes through their continued military assistance to M23 forces, Human Rights Watch said. The Rwandan army has deployed its troops to eastern Congo to directly support the M23 rebels in military operations. |
| U.S. SEC requires company disclosures on use of DR Congo minerals | |
Xinhua - August 23, 2012 | |
 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a rule that would require public companies to disclose information on the use of minerals from DR Congo. Public companies will have to disclose annually their tracing of the minerals back to the sources if they use in their products the designated minerals from the DRC and neighboring countries. |
| Kagame May Face War Crimes Charges at the ICC, Says US Official | |
Congo News Agency - July 26, 2012 | |
 | A senior US official has warned Rwandan officials that they may face charges at the International Criminal Court for their support to rebels in eastern Congo led by warlord Bosco Ntaganda. Stephen Rapp, the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, said that Rwandan authorities could be charged with “aiding and abetting” war crimes in DR Congo. |
| US Cuts Military Aid to Rwanda Over Support to Rebels in DR Congo | |
VOA News - July 21, 2012 | |
 | The United States has cut its military aid to Rwanda, citing concerns that the government in Kigali is supporting rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.S. State Department said it had evidence that Rwanda is helping Congolese rebel groups, including M23. |
| DR Congo, Rwanda Sign Pact to Fight Rebels in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - July 15, 2012 | |
 | DR Congo’s President Joseph Kabila and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have endorsed a pact seeking the creation of a new military force comprised of soldiers from “neutral” countries to fight and “eradicate” the armed groups operating in eastern Congo, including the M23 rebels led by warlord Bosco Ntaganda and the Rwandan rebels of the FDLR. |
| U.S. Tells Rwanda to Stop Supporting Rebels in DR Congo | |
Congo News Agency - July 2, 2012 | |
 | The U.S. has “asked Rwanda to halt and prevent” the support to rebels in DR Congo from its territory after a U.N. report said that top Rwandan officials have provided weapons, ammunitions and men to a new rebellion led by warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges. |
| U.S. and U.K. Must Tell Rwanda to Stop Supporting Rebels in DR Congo, Global Witness Says | |
Global Witness - June 29, 2012 | |
 | Rwanda’s two main donors, the United Kingdom and United States, must use their influence to end Kigali’s support of armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They cannot stand by and watch a regime they bankroll orchestrating a new war in Congo, Global Witness says. |
| Kagame Is A Problem for The U.S. and The U.K. | |
Congo News Agency - June 23, 2012 | |
 | Rights groups are increasingly appalled at the support Mr. Kagame has continued to receive from those who claim to be the leading defenders of human rights around the world, while at the same time providing support and cover for a man many consider a dictator involved in war crimes across the border in eastern Congo. |
| US blocking UN report on Ntaganda rebels, Human Rights Watch says | |
BBC News - June 21, 2012 | |
 | The US is covering up information about rebels led by a man wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch has said. The global watchdog says Washington is blocking publication of a UN inquiry into rebels led by Bosco Ntaganda in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
