Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- DRC0080
- Designation type
- Individual
- Date designated
- 17 July 2026
- Last updated
- 24 July 2026
Regimes
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Designation sources
- UN
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
- Travel Ban
Other information
- 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 extremist armed group that commits atrocities which undermines the peace, stability and security of the RDC. As a leader of FDLR, KUBWAYO acts on behalf of a designated entity and shares responsibility for crimes allegedly committed by the FDLR in the DRC (killings, recruitment of child soldiers, and sexual abuse), which constitute human rights abuses against civilians.
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