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DRC0080Kubwayo Gustave#

Individual · designated 2026-07-17 under The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 · UN listing · entry last updated 2026-07-24

DetailsBorn: 1969. Place of birth: Karago municipality, Gisenyi prefecture, Nyabihu District, Western province, Rwanda. Nationality: Rwanda. Gender: Male. Positions: Leader of special unit “Commando de recherche et d’action en profondeur” (CRAP) of FDLR-FOCA

IdentifiersUKSL DRC0080

NamesPrimary name: Kubwayo Gustave. Titles: Colonel. Aliases: Modeste (low quality a.k.a quality); Sirkoff (low quality a.k.a quality); Sirkoof (good quality a.k.a quality); Slycove (low quality a.k.a quality); Surcof (low quality a.k.a quality); Surcoff (low quality a.k.a quality); Surcouf (good quality a.k.a quality); Surkoof (low quality a.k.a quality); Surkouf (low quality a.k.a quality); Syrkoff (low quality a.k.a quality)

SanctionsAsset freeze, Travel Ban (indicators: asset freeze, travel ban). Regime: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Source: UN. Designated 2026-07-17.

Other informationListed 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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