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Name
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Alias
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Date of birth/place of birth
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Identifying information
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Reasons
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Date of designation
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Frank Kakolele BWAMBALE
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Frank Kakorere
Frank Kakorere Bwambale
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Congolese
FARDC General, without posting as of June 2011.
Left the CNDP in January 2008. As of June 2011, resides in Kinshasa.
Since 2010, Kakolele has been involved in activities apparently on behalf of the DRC government’s Programme de Stabilisation et Reconstruction des Zones Sortant des Conflits Armés (STAREC), including participation in a STAREC mission to Goma and Beni in March 2011.
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Former RCD-ML leader, exercising influence over policies and maintaining command and control over the activities of RCD-ML forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), responsible for trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.
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1.11.2005
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Gaston IYAMUREMYE
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Rumuli
Byiringiro Victor Rumuli
Victor Rumuri
Michel Byiringiro
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1948
Musanze District (Northern Province), Rwanda
Ruhengeri, Rwanda
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Rwandan
FDLR President and 2nd Vice-President of FDLR-FOCA
As of June 2011, based at Kalonge, North Kivu Province.
Brigadier General
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According to multiple sources, including the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts, Gaston Iyamuremye is the second vice president of the FDLR and is considered a core member of the FDLR military and political leadership. Gaston Iyamuremye also ran Ignace Murwanashyaka’s (President of the FDLR) office in Kibua, DRC until December 2009.
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1.12.2010
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Jérôme KAKWAVU BUKANDE
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Jérôme Kakwavu
Commandant Jérôme
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Goma
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Congolese
Given the rank of General in the FARDC in December 2004.
As of June 2011, detained in Makala Prison in Kinshasa. On 25 March 2011, the High Military Court in Kinshasa opened a trial against Kakwavu for war crimes.
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Former President of UCD/FAPC. FAPC’s control of illegal border posts between Uganda and the DRC - a key transit route for arms flows. exercised influence over policies and command and control over the activities of FAPC forces, which were involved in arms trafficking and, consequently, in violations of the arms embargo. Given the rank of General in the FARDC in December 2004.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri in 2002.
One of five senior FARDC officers who had been accused of serious crimes involving sexual violence and whose cases the Security Council had brought to the Government’s attention during its visit in 2009.
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1.11.2005
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Germain KATANGA
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Congolese
Appointed General in the FARDC in December 2004.
Handed over by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 18 October 2007. His trial began in November 2009.
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FRPI chief. Involved in weapons transfers, in violation of the arms embargo.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri from 2002 to 2003.
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1.11.2005
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Thomas LUBANGA
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Ituri
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Congolese
Arrested in Kinshasa in March 2005 for UPC/L involvement in human rights abuses violations.
Transferred to the ICC by the Congolese authorities on 17 March 2006.
His trial began in January 2009 and is due to close in 2011.
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President of the UPC/L, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in the trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri from 2002 to 2003.
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1.11.2005
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Khawa Panga MANDRO
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Kawa Panga
Kawa Panga Mandro
Kawa Mandro
Yves Andoul Karim
Mandro Panga Kahwa
Yves Khawa Panga Mandro
“Chief Kahwa”
“Kawa”
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20 August 1973, Bunia
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Congolese
Placed in prison in Bunia in April 2005 for sabotage of the Ituri peace process. Arrested by Congolese authorities in October 2005, acquitted by the Court of Appeal in Kisangani, subsequently transferred to the judicial authorities in Kinshasa on new charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder, aggravated assault and battery.
As of June 2011 detained at Makala Central Prison, Kinshasa.
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Ex-President of PUSIC, one of the armed groups and militia referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003) involved in arms trafficking, in violation of the arms embargo. In prison in Bunia since 04/05 for sabotage of the Ituri peace process.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children from 2001 to 2002.
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1.11.2005
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Callixte MBARUSHIMANA
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24 July 1963, Ndusu/Ruhen geri Northern Province, Rwanda
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Rwandan
Arrested in Paris on 3 October 2010 under ICC warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in the Kivus in 2009 and transferred to The Hague on 25 January 2011.
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Executive Secretary of the FDLR and Vice-President of the FDLR military high command until his arrest.
Political/Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, per Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b).
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3.3.2009
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Iruta Douglas MPAMO
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Mpano
Douglas Iruta Mpamo
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28 December 1965, Bashali, Masisi
29 December 1965, Goma, DRC (formerly Zaire)
Uvira
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Congolese
As of June 2011, resides in Gisenyi, Rwanda.
No known occupation since two of the planes managed by Great Lakes Business Company (GLBC) crashed.
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Owner/Manager of the Compagnie Aérienne des Grands Lacs and of Great Lakes Business Company, whose aircraft were used to provide assistance to armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003). Also responsible for disguising information on flights and cargo apparently to allow for the violation of the arms embargo.
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1.11.2005
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Sylvestre MUDACUMURA
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Known as:
"Radja"
"Mupenzi Bernard"
"General Major Mupenzi"
“General Mudacumura”
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Rwandan
Military commander of FDLR-FOCA, also political 1st Vice- President and head of FOCA High Command, thus combining overall military and political command functions since the arrests of FDLR leaders in Europe.
As of June 2011, based at Kikoma forest, near Bogoyi, Walikale, North Kivu.
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FDLR commander, exercising influence over policies, and maintaining command and control over the activities of FDLR forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.
Mudacumura (or staff) was in telephone communication with FDLR leader Murwanashyaka in Germany, including at the time of the Busurungi Massacre May 2009, and military commander Major Guillaume during Umoja Wetu and Kimia II operations in 2009.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for 27 cases of recruitment and use of children by troops under his command in North Kivu from 2002 to 2007.
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1.11.2005
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Leodomir MUGARAGU
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Manzi Leon
Leo Manzi
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1954
1953
Kigali, Rwanda
Rushashi (Northern Province), Rwanda
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Rwandan
FDLR-FOCA Chief of Staff, in charge of administration.
As of June 2011, based at the FDLR HQ at Kikoma forest, Bogoyi, Walikale, North Kivu.
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According to open-source and official reporting, Leodomir Mugaragu is the Chief of Staff of the Forces Combattantes Abucunguzi/Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FOCA), the FDLR’s armed wing. According to official reporting Mugaragu is a senior planner for FDLR’s military operations in the eastern DRC.
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1.12.2010
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Leopold MUJYAMBERE
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Musenyeri
Achille
Frere Petrus Ibrahim
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17 March 1962, Kigali, Rwanda
Est. 1966
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Rwandan
As of June 2011, Commander of the South Kivu operational sector now called ‘Amazon’ of FDLRFOCA.
Based at Nyakaleke (south-east of Mwenga, South Kivu).
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Commander of the Second Division of FOCA / the Reserve Brigades (an FDLR armed branch). Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b).
In evidence collated by the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts, detailed in its report of 13 February 2008, girls recovered from FDLR-FOCA had previously been abducted and sexually abused. Since mid-2007, FDLR-FOCA, which previously recruited boys in their mid to late teens, has been forcefully recruiting youth from the age of 10 years. The youngest are then used as escorts, and older children are deployed as soldiers on the frontline, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP4 (d) and (e).
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3.3.2009
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Dr. Ignace MURWANASHYAKA
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Ignace
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14 May 1963, Butera (Rwanda)
Ngoma, Butare (Rwanda)
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Rwandan
Arrested by German authorities on 17 November 2009.
Replaced by Gaston Iamuremye, alias ‘Rumuli’ as President of FDLR-FOCA.
Murwanashyaka’s trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in DRC in 2008 and 2009 began on 4 May 2011 in a German court.
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President of the FDLR, and supreme commander of the FDLR armed forces exercising influence over policies, and maintaining command and control over the activities of FDLR forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.
In telephone communication with FDLR military field commanders (including during the Busurungi May 2009 massacre); gave military orders to the high command; involved in coordinating the transfer of arms and ammunition to FDLR units and relaying specific instructions for use; managing large sums of money raised through illicit sale of natural resources in areas of FDLR control (pg.24-25, 83)
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he held command responsibility as President and military commander of FDLR for recruitment and use of children by the FDLR in Eastern Congo.
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1.11.2005
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Straton MUSONI
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IO Musoni
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6 April 1961 (possibly 4 June 1961) Mugambazi, Kigali, Rwanda
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Rwandan
Musoni’s trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by FDLR troops in DRC in 2008 and 2009 began on 4 May 2011 in a German court.
Replaced as 1st Vice-President of the FDLR by Sylvestre Mudacumura.
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Through his leadership of the FDLR, a foreign armed group operating in the DRC, Musoni is impeding the disarmament and voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups, in breach of resolution 1649 (2005).
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29.3.2007
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Jules MUTEBUTSI
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Jules Mutebusi
Jules Mutebuzi
Colonel Mutebutsi
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1964, Minembwe South Kivu
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Congolese
Former FARDC Deputy Military Regional Commander of 10th Military Region in April 2004, dismissed for indiscipline.
In December 2007, he was arrested by Rwandan authorities when he tried to cross the border into the DRC. He has lived since in semi-liberty in Kigali (not authorized to leave the country).
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Joined forces with other renegade elements of former RCDG to take town of Bukavu in May 04 by force.
Implicated in the receipt of weapons outside of FARDC structures and provision of supplies to armed groups and militia mentioned in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), in violation of the arms embargo.
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1.11.2005
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Mathieu, Chui NGUDJOLO
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Cui Ngudjolo
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Arrested by MONUC in Bunia in October 2003.
Surrendered by the Government of the DRC to the International Criminal Court on 7 February 2008.
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FNI Chief of Staff and former Chief of Staff of the FRPI, exercising influence over policies and maintaining command and control the activities of FRPI forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), responsible for trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children under 15 years old in Ituri in 2006.
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1.11.2005
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Floribert Ngabu NJABU
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Floribert Njabu
Floribert Ndjabu
Floribert Ngabu Ndjabu
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Under house arrest in Kinshasa from March 2005 for FNI involvement in human rights abuses.
Transferred to The Hague on 27 March 2011 to testify in the ICC Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo trials.
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President of FNI, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in the trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo.
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1.11.2005
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Laurent NKUNDA
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Nkunda Mihigo Laurent
Laurent Nkunda Bwatare
Laurent Nkundabatware
Laurent Nkunda Mahoro Batware
Laurent Nkunda Batware
“Chairman”
"General Nkunda"
“Papa Six”
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6 February 1967
North Kivu/Rutshuru
2 February 1967
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Congolese
Former RCD-G General.
Founder, National Congress for the People’s Defense, 2006; Senior Officer, Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-G), 1998-2006; Officer Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), 1992-1998.
Laurent Nkunda was arrested by Rwandan authorities in Rwanda in January 2009 and replaced as the commander of the CNDP. Since then, he has been under house arrest in Kigali, Rwanda.
DRC Government’s request to extradite Nkunda for crimes committed in eastern DRC has been refused by Rwanda.
In 2010, Nkunda’s appeal for illegal detention was rejected by Rwandan court in Gisenyi, ruling that the matter should be examined by a military court. Nkunda’s lawyers initiated a procedure with the Rwandan Military Court.
Retains some influence over certain elements of the CNDP.
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Former RCD-G General.
Joined forces with other renegade elements of former RCD-G to take Bukavu in May 04 by force. In receipt of weapons outside of FARDC in violation of the arms embargo.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for 264 cases of recruitment and use of children by troops under his command in North Kivu from 2002 to 2009.
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1.11.2005
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Felicien NSANZUBUKI-RE
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Fred Irakeza
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1967
Murama, Kinyinya, Rubungo, Kigali, Rwanda
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Rwandan
1st battalion leader of the FDLR-FOCA, based in the Uvira-Sange area of South Kivu.
A member of the FDLR since at least 1994 and operating in eastern DRC since October 1998.
As of June 2011, based in Magunda, Mwenga territory, South Kivu.
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Felicien Nsanzubukire supervised and coordinated the trafficking of ammunition and weapons between at least November 2008 and April 2009 from the United Republic of Tanzania, via Lake Tanganyika, to FDLR units based in the Uvira and Fizi areas of South Kivu.
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1.12.2010
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Pacifique NTAWUNGUKA
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Colonel Omega
Nzeri
Israel
Pacifique Ntawungula
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1 January 1964, Gaseke, Gisenyi Province, Rwanda
Est. 1964
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Rwandan
Commander, Operational Sector North Kivu ‘SONOKI’ of FDLR-FOCA. As of June 2011, based at Matembe, North Kivu.
Received military training in Egypt
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Commander of the First Division of FOCA (an FDLR armed wing). Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b). In evidence collated by the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts, detailed in its report of 13 February 2008, girls recovered from FDLR-FOCA had previously been abducted and sexually abused.
Since mid-2007, FDLR-FOCA, which previously recruited boys in their mid to late teens, has been forcefully recruiting youth from the age of 10 years. The youngest are then used as escorts, and older children are deployed as soldiers on the frontline, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP4 (d) and (e).
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3.3.2009
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James NYAKUNI
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Ugandan
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Trade partnership with Jérôme Kakwavu, particularly smuggling across the DRC/Uganda border, including suspectted smuggling of weapons and military material in unchecked trucks. Violation of the arms embargo and provision of assistance to armed groups and militia referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), including financial support that allows them to operate militarily.
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1.11.2005
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Stanislas NZEYIMANA
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Deogratias Bigaruka Izabayo
Bigaruka
Bigurura
Izabayo Deo
Jules Mateso Mlamba
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1 January 1966, Mugusa (Butare), Rwanda
Est. 1967
Alt. 28 August 1966
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Rwandan
Deputy commander of the FDLR-FOCA.
As of June 2011, based at Mukoberwa, North Kivu.
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Deputy Commander of the FOCA (an FDLR armed branch). Military leader of a foreign armed group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, impeding the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of combatants, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP 4 (b). In evidence collated by the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts, detailed in its report of 13 February 2008, girls recovered from FDLR-FOCA had previously been abducted and sexually abused.
Since mid-2007, FDLR-FOCA, which previously recruited boys in their mid to late teens, has been forcefully recruiting youth from the age of 10 years. The youngest are then used as escorts, and older children are deployed as soldiers on the frontline, in violation of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008) OP4 (d) and (e).
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3.3.2009
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Dieudonné OZIA MAZIO
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Ozia Mazio
‘Omari’
‘Mr Omari’
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6 June 1949, Ariwara
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Congolese
While president of the Fédération des entreprises congolaises (FEC) in Aru territory, Dieudonné Ozia Mazio is believed to have died in Ariwara on 23 September 2008
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Financial schemes with Commandant Jerome and FAPC and smuggling across the DRC/Uganda border, allowing supplies and cash to be made available to Commandant Jerome and his troops. Violation of the arms embargo, including by providing assistance to armed groups and militia referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003).
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1.11.2005
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Bosco TAGANDA
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Bosco Ntaganda
Bosco Ntagenda
General Taganda
‘Lydia’ when he was part of APR.
‘Terminator’
Call sign ‘Tango Romeo’ or ‘Tango’
“Major”
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1973-74
Bigogwe, Rwanda
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Congolese
Born in Rwanda, he moved to Nyamitaba, Masisi territory, North Kivu, when he was a child.
As of June 2011, he resides in Goma and owns large farms in Ngungu area, Masisi territory, North Kivu.
Nominated FARDC Brigadier-General by Presidential Decree on 11 December 2004, following Ituri peace agreements.
Formerly Chief of Staff in CNDP and became CNDP military commander since the arrest of Laurent Nkunda in January 2009.
Since January 2009, de facto Deputy Commander of consecutive anti-FDLR operations ‘Umoja Wetu’, ‘Kimia II’, and ‘Amani Leo’ in North and South Kivu.
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UPC/L military commander, exercising influence over policies and maintaining command and control over the activities of UPC/L, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in the trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo. He was appointed General in the FARDC in December 2004 but refused to accept the promotion, therefore remaining outside of the FARDC.
According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he was responsible for recruitment and use of children in Ituri in 2002 and 2003, and 155 cases of direct and/or command responsibility for recruitment and use of children in North Kivu from 2002 to 2009.
As CNDP Chief of Staff, had direct and command responsibility for the massacre at Kiwanja (November 2008)
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1.11.2005
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Innocent ZIMURINDA
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September 1, 1972
1975
Ngungu, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC
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Congolese.
Colonel in the FARDC.
Integrated in the FARDC in 2009 as a Lieutenant Colonel, brigade commander in FARDC Kimia II Ops, based in Ngungu area.
In July 2009, Zimurinda was promoted to full Colonel and became FARDC Sector commander in Ngungu and subsequently in Kitchanga in FARDC Kimia II and Amani Leo Operations.
Whereas Zimurinda did not appear in the 31 December 2010 DRC Presidential ordinance nominating high FARDC officers, Zimurinda de facto maintained his command position of FARDC 22nd sector in Kitchanga and wears the newly issued FARDC rank and uniform.
He remains loyal to Bosco Ntaganda.
In December 2010, recruitment activities carried out by elements under the command of Zimurinda were denounced in open source reports.
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According to multiple sources, Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda, in his capacity as one of the commanders of the FARDC 231st Brigade, gave orders that resulted in the massacre of over 100 Rwandan refugees, mostly women and children, during an April 2009 military operation in the Shalio area.
The UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts reported that Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda was witnessed first hand refusing to release three children from his command in Kalehe, on August 29, 2009.
According to multiple sources, Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda, prior to the CNDP’s integration into FARDC, participated in a November 2008 CNDP operation that resulted in the massacre of 89 civilians, including women and children, in the region of Kiwanja.
In March 2010, 51 human rights groups working in eastern DRC alleged that Zimurinda was responsible for multiple human rights abuses involving the murder of numerous civilians, including women and children, between February 2007 and August 2007.
Lt Col Innocent Zimurinda was accused in the same complaint of responsibility for the rape of a large number of women and girls.
According to a May 21, 2010, statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, Innocent Zimurinda has been involved in the arbitrary execution of child soldiers, including during operation Kimia II.
According to the same statement, he denied access by the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) to screen troops for minors.
According to the UNSC DRC Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts, Lt Col Zimurinda holds direct and command responsibility for child recruitment and for maintaining children within troops under his command.
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1.12.2010
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