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DRC0067Apollinaire Hakizimana#

Individual · designated 2024-02-21 under The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 · UN listing · entry last updated 2024-02-23

DetailsBorn: 1964. Nationality: Rwanda. Positions: Leader/Commissioner of Defense for FDLR

IdentifiersUKSL DRC0067. OFSI group 16379. UN ref CDi.039

NamesPrimary name: Apollinaire Hakizimana. Titles: Lieutenant General. Aliases: Adonia (low quality a.k.a quality); Amikwe Lepic (good quality a.k.a quality). Non-Latin: le poète

SanctionsAsset freeze, Travel Ban (indicators: asset freeze, travel ban). Regime: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Source: UN. Designated 2024-02-21.

Statement of reasonsListed 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 violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable, including those acts involving the targeting of civilians, including killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abduction, forced displacement, and attacks on schools and hospitals”; and “acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated individual or entity, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of an entity owned or controlled by a designated individual or entity,” as extended by resolution 2688 (2023). As a military leader of FDLR, HAKIZIMANA is involved in promulgating and supporting the group’s activities.

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