UKSL Sanctions designation

Kubwayo Gustave

Individual · designated 17 July 2026

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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