[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- «The US sanctions on Rwanda do not affect the Congolese who are recruited by the M23,» local sources from South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, occupied by the Rwandan-backed M23 guerrilla fighters, told Fides. On March 2, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the Rwandan army and four high-ranking military officials from Kigali, accusing them of supporting the M23 rebels in eastern DRC (see Fides, 5/3/2026). Read more