DRC: Joseph Kabila hits back at Washington after US Treasury sanctions
© Moses Sawasawa/AP/SIPA Published on August 20, 2026 at 11:00 am (GMT +1) Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president Joseph Kabila, who was sentenced to death by a military court in Congo in September 2025, has been under US Treasury Department sanctions since 30 April.
Former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila arrives to meet with religious leaders at his Kinyogote residence in M23 controlled Goma, Eastern Congo, on 29 May, 2025.
The US administration accuses the former Congolese president of seeking to “destabilise the Congolese government by collaborating with CRA/M23 rebels“, who control large swathes of North Kivu and South Kivu.
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