By RFIPublished on 11-12-2019Modified on 11-12-2019 at 12:34
Five members of the Ugandan rebellion of the ADF are targeted by US sanctions, including the leader of the movement, Musa Baluku.
The United States announced on December 10 new sanctions against 18 individuals accused of human rights violations in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Washington has decided to target members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) . This Ugandan rebellion, which has been operating in eastern DRC for more than 20 years, is responsible for numerous massacres in recent months in the Beni region.
In total, five members of the ADF are targeted by these sanctions, including the leader of the movement, Musa Baluku. The latter took the rebel group commander four years ago, after the arrest of the previous leader. He is accused of having radicalized the movement and a rapprochement with the Islamic State group. In its statement, Washington accuses the ADF of committing serious human rights violations, including the kidnapping and use of child soldiers.
These sanctions include freezing the assets of these individuals in the United States and prohibiting any US citizen from trading with them.
According to a former member of the UN group of experts on the DRC, these sanctions may have little impact in the short term. But they are especially the sign that Washington takes very seriously the violence of recent months in the region of Beni.
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