The US State Department attributed the strike to positions held by the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) and The US State Department attributed the strike to positions held by the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) and

Evidence includes: direct RDF (Rwandan Defence Force) troops fighting alongside M23 (estimates 3,000– UN Group of Experts reports (especially 2024–2025) document that Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) provide threats from FDLR (linked to the 1994 genocide), UN experts acknowledge the threat but conclude that RDF According to successive reports by the United Nations Group of Experts, the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF , including those imposed by the United States in 2026 on senior Rwandan military officials and the RDF

The message marks the most direct and high-level U.S. rebuke of Rwanda since the renewed M23/RDF offensive The message marks the most direct and high-level U.S. rebuke of Rwanda since the renewed M23/RDF offensive Kigali has since denied responsibility, but the U.S., UN, and DRC all cite intelligence proving direct RDF

Kinshasa welcomed U.S. sanctions on the RDF and said it will keep pursuing peace commitments with regional Treasury, which announced on March 2 that the RDF and four senior officers were being sanctioned for Treasury, which announced on March 2 that the RDF and four senior officers were being sanctioned for

Justice & Crime DRC takes its FDLR disarmament initiative to regional leaders and the UN, pressing for RDF

The report follows earlier surrender claims in eastern Congo, including a previous report on M23-RDF The report follows earlier surrender claims in eastern Congo, including a previous report on M23-RDF

Rwanda, denouncing Kigali’s support for M23 and condemning the presence of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF Rwanda, denouncing Kigali’s support for M23 and condemning the presence of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF The statement emphasised that Rwanda’s capture of Goma and Bukavu by M23 and RDF was a breach of DRC sovereignty and called for a withdrawal of RDF forces. A UN Group of Experts report released in July 2024 concluded that between 3,000 and 4,000 RDF soldiers

airfield after FARDC forces retook four localities near Minembwe following heavy fighting with M23-RDF airfield after FARDC forces retook four localities near Minembwe following heavy fighting with M23-RDF

The Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) has taken key military positions, including around the strategic town The Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) has taken key military positions, including around the strategic town

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The comment comes just days after renewed M23/RDF offensives in South Kivu and Goma, in direct violation ADVERTISEMENT The comment comes just days after renewed M23/RDF offensives in South Kivu and Goma, in

the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF The RDF is actively supporting, … On 2 June, Treasury added commanders from both M23 and the FDLR, framing It says gold lifted from RDF/M23-held ground in South Kivu moved under Rwandan oversight to Rusizi, then After the March RDF designation, the EU allowed European Peace Facility support for Rwanda’s Cabo Delgado Gasabo and the RDF remain on the U.S. list.