Why Are US Sanctions Not Working on Rwanda? Why Paul Kagame Has Ignored US Sanctions and UN Resolution 2773 Between February 2025 and March 2026, the United States Treasury imposed two rounds of sanctions directly targeting Rwanda's war machine in eastern Congo: first James Kabarebe, Rwanda's Minister of State and the regime's principal liaison to M23, then the Rwanda Defence Force as an entity alongside four of its senior commanders. Every sanctioned individual remained operational. The RDF did not leave. This analysis examines why Washington's measures have failed to alter Rwanda's conduct — and why, in Kagame's own words, they are dismissed as the work of the 'just foolish'. https://africarealities.blogspot.com/2026/04/why-are-us-sanctions-not-working-on.html Pourquoi les sanctions américaines ne fonctionnent pas contre le Rwanda Pourquoi Paul Kagame a ignoré les sanctions américaines et la Résolution 2773 du ...
Why Are US Sanctions Not Work on Rwanda? Why Paul Kagame Has Ignored US Sanctions and UN Resolution 2773 Between February 2025 and March 2026, the United States Treasury imposed two rounds of sanctions directly targeting Rwanda's war machine in eastern Congo: first James Kabarebe, Rwanda's Minister of State and the regime's principal liaison to M23, then the Rwanda Defence Force as an entity alongside four of its senior commanders. Every sanctioned individual remained operational. The RDF did not leave. This analysis examines why Washington's measures have failed to alter Rwanda's conduct — and why, in Kagame's own words, they are dismissed as the work of the 'just foolish'. https://africarealities.blogspot.com/2026/04/why-are-us-sanctions-not-work-on-rwanda.html Pourquoi les sanctions américaines ne fonctionnent pas contre le Rwanda Pourquoi Paul Kagame a ignoré les sanctions américaines et la Résolution 2773 du Conse...