The United States has escalated economic pressure on Rwanda, imposing fresh sanctions on companies and individuals it accuses of financing the M23 rebellion through the illicit trade in Congolese minerals.
The measures, announced by the US Treasury Department on June 26, target what Washington describes as financial networks sustaining the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and support implementation of the Washington Peace and Prosperity Accords between Kinshasa and Kigali.
