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CONGO RIVER ALLIANCE

Aliases

ALLIANCE FLEUVE CONGO; AFC

Address

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Official reason

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Congo River Alliance, known by its French name Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), a coalition of rebel groups that seeks to overthrow the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is driving political instability, violent conflict,...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2489

Date of listing

2024-07-25

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. 547

Regime

OFAC country specific / UN

Target State

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1556 460. Can U.S. persons do business with entities in North Korea? No. Unless authorized pursuant to a general or specific license from OFAC and/or BIS, Executive Order (E.O.) 13722 prohibits new investment in North Korea by a U.S. person and the exportation or reexportation, from the United States, or b...

Official Information

On May 28, 2009, OFAC issued the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 547 (the “Regulations”) (74 FR 25439, May 28, 2009) to implement Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006 (71 FR 64105, October 31, 2006) (E.O. 13413). Executive Order 13671. On July 8, 2014, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, t...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/15/2018-24696/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-sanctions-regulations