The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against Rwanda’s defense force and top military officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said, accusing Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo, as fighting in the region continues.
“The Rwandan Defense Force is actively supporting, training, and fighting alongside the March 23 Movement (M23), a U.S.- and United Nations-sanctioned armed group responsible for human rights abuses and a mass displacement crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” a statement by the U.S. Treasury Department read.
