Kabarebe was sanctioned along with Lawrence Kanyuka Kingston, a spokesman for M23. Two companies linked to Kanyuka and registered in the United Kingdom and France were also sanctioned. Rwanda’s government on Friday asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in an armed conflict that now threatens the Congolese government. Sanctions against Kabarebe are a blow to Rwanda, which for years has evaded the international community’s punishment over its aggression in neighboring Congo. The first sign of Washington’s evolving policy toward Rwanda came last year when the U.S. described M23 as a Rwanda-backed group and asked Rwandan authorities to remove their missile systems from Congolese territory. Do you think that the sanctions are just political intimidations against Rwanda ?
