Records
James Kabarebe
Rwandan retired general who is Senior Defence and Security Advisor in the Office of the President of Rwanda and a former Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ListedLatest source dated 2025-12-02Last reviewed 2026-10-26
Is James Kabarebe sanctioned?
- Authority
- US Department of the Treasury, OFAC
- Instrument
- Executive Order 13413, as amended (DRC); SDN List
- Listed
- 2025-02-20
- Scope
- Blocking of property and interests in property within US jurisdiction; US persons generally prohibited from dealing with him
- Notes
- OFAC stated he is a 'Rwandan government liaison to M23 and orchestrates RDF support for the armed group', and that he 'manages much of Rwanda and M23's generation of revenue from the DRC's mineral resources'. The Government of Rwanda called the sanctions 'unjustified and unfounded', as reported by AP/Africanews. No formal legal challenge or delisting found.
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Sources
- Treasury Sanctions Rwandan Minister and Senior Militant for Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the CongoUS Department of the Treasury, 2025-02-20, primary source
- Rwanda rejects U.S. sanctions, calls for political solution to DRC crisisKT Press, 2025-02-20, secondary source
- DR Congo: Rwanda protests U.S. sanctions against top officialAfricanews (AP), 2025-02-22, secondary source
Change history
- 2026-10-26 Record published.
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